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false imprisonment
Case notes tagged “false imprisonment”.
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- Litigation & law practice
Feisty street evangelists score damages from police over wrongful arrests
Soapbox preachers “moved on” by police from a street corner in Nambour in September 2013 have claimed $120k for wrongful arrest and unlawful imprisonment.
- Litigation & law practice
Prisoner wins ‘battery’ damages for over-the-top DNA sampling
A self-represented Lotus Glen prisoner has won a ten year battle against the state, with compensation for assault for overly aggressive conduct by corrective service officers in forcing hair extraction, as part of a legislated…
- Litigation & law practice
Compensation claim outside 3 years: Plaintiffs escape time bar on "Battery"; do PIPA & CLA apply?
Three patrons who allege they were assaulted by police officer Adam Reedy at the Hotel Cunnamulla in May 2005 commenced proceedings for "general, aggravated and exemplary damages" for false imprisonment, assault and battery in…
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