Mathews, F.G.H. v Maddigan, J.K. & Ors [1995] FCA 348

CATCHWORDS FEDERAL POLICE - action for unlawful trespass and arrest - before a forcible entry to effect an arrest under s 8A Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) will be lawful, police must first announce they are police with authority to enter and must give an opportunity to permit entry without force FEDERAL POLICE - action for unlawful assault by "frisking" - limited scope under common law for police to search an arrested person FEDERAL POLICE - unlawful seizure of documents - limited scope under common law for police to seize documents from an arrested person STATE POLICE - action for unlawful assault by fingerprinting - s 43(1) Vagrants, Gaming and Other Offences Act 1931 (Qld) permits police to fingerprint an arrested person without his consent, provided there is a lawful arrest Federal Court Rules - O 10A r 5, O 11 r 16, O 20 r 2 Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (Cth) - s 64B Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) - s 352 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) - s 3ZE, 3ZJ, 8A, 76(1)(a) Criminal Code of Queensland - ss 3(2), 344 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Act 1986 (Cth) - s 48 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) - ss 39B, 68 Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-Vesting) Act 1987 (Cth) Justices Act 1886 (Qld) - s 102C Vagrants, Gaming and Other Offences Act 1931 (Cth) - s 43 Barnett & Grant v Campbell (1902) 21 NZLR 484 Followed Clarke v Bailey (1933) 33 SRNSW 303 Followed Field v Sullivan [1923] VLR 70 Followed Grollo v Bates (1994) 125 ALR 492 Referred to Halliday v Nevill (1984) 155 CLR 1 Referred to Lippl v Haines (1989) 18 NSWLR 620 Followed Mathews v Jones (Cooper J, unreported, 19 November, 1993) Referred to Morris v Beardmore [1981] AC 446 Referred to

Plenty v Dillon (1990) 171 CLR 635 Referred to R v McKay; ex parte McNee [1989] 1 QdR 559 Followed Semaynes' Case 77 ER 194 Referred to Russell Gordon Haig Mathews v Joanne Kathryn Maddigan & Ors. QG 180 of 1994 Russell Gordon Haig Mathews v Detective Kerry A. Jones, Federal Police Officer & Ors. QG 181 of 1994 Drummond J Brisbane 18 May, 1995