Bhattacharya v State of New South Wales & Anor [2002] NSWSC 361

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Bhattacharya v State of New South Wales & Anor [2002] NSWSC 361 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20652/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 23/04/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 May 2002

Pranay Kumar Bhattacharya (Pl) PARTIES : State of New South Wales (1st Def) St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Limited (2nd Def) JUDGMENT OF : Kirby J

In Person (Pl) COUNSEL : Ms C Ronalds (1st Def) R O'Keefe (2nd Def) In Person (Pl) SOLICITORS : Crown Solicitor (1st Def) Frances Allpress (2nd Def) CATCHWORDS : Practice & Procedure - Application for summary dismisal and security for costs - Claim of false imprisonment - Onus - Justification of imprisonment - Adequacy of pleading Crown Proceedings Act 1988 Police Service Act 1990 LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Vicarious Liability) Act 1983 Mental Health Act 1990 Crimes Act 1900 Supreme Court Act 1973 Rajski v Powell (1987) 11 NSWLR 522 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Wentworth v Rogers (No 5) (1986) 6 NSWLR 534 Bhattacharya v Minister for Police, NSW & 3 Ors [2001] NSWSC 520 Bhattacharya v Minister for Police, New South Wales & 3 Ors (McClellan J, unreported, 16 July 2001) CASES CITED : Williams v Minister, Aboriginal Landrights Act 1983 & Anor (1994) 35 NSWLR 497 Carnegie v The State of Victoria & Ors (unreported, 14.9.89) Wickstead v Browne (1992) 30 NSWLR 1 Bhattacharya v Freedman [2001] NSWSC 498 Morris v Hanley [2000] NSWSC 957 Powell v Taylor (1885) 31 ChD 34 DECISION : Ref para 69