NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 153 A Crim R 577 (2005) Aust Torts Reports 81-799
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: THOMPSON v VINCENT [2005] NSWCA 219
HEARING DATE(S): 15, 16, 17 March 2005
JUDGMENT DATE: 30 June 2005
JUDGMENT OF: Mason P at 1; Handley JA at 176; Pearlman AJA at 177
DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs
CATCHWORDS: TRESPASS - trespass to land - trespass to goods - lien agreement - dispute over amount of debt - seizure of chattels - police in attendance - police duty to prevent a breach of the peace - non-interference in a civil dispute - trespass by arresting police officers - invitation of police onto premises - implied licence to enter - aiding and abetting acts of trespass - negligent failure to prevent a breach of the peace - ASSAULT - common assault - assault occasioning actual bodily harm - lawfulness of arrest - s352 Crimes Act 1900 - legislative history of s352 - interpretation of ss352(1)(b) and s352(2)(a) - reasonable suspicion - occupier's right to protect property - serious indictable offence - notification of grounds of arrest - false imprisonment - dismissal of assault charge - malicious prosecution - exclusion of evidence. NEGLIGENCE - performance of police duties - whether duty of care to prevent breach of the peace (D)
Crimes Act 1900, s352 Crimes (Amendment) Act 1924 LEGISLATION CITED: Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1983 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999 Fleming on Torts, 9th ed
Ahern v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 87 Christie v Leachinsky [1947] AC 573 Clarke v Bailey (1933) 33 SR(NSW) 303 D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid [2005] HCA 12 Graham Barclay Oysters Pty Ltd v Ryan (2002) 211 CLR 540 Halliday v Nevill (1984) 155 CLR 1 Hill v Chief Constable [1989] 1 AC 53 Jobling v Blacktown Municipal Council [1969] 1 NSWR 129 Knightly v Johns [1982] 1 WLR 349 Lavin v Albert [1982] AC 546 CASES CITED: Lipman v Clendinnen (1932) 46 CLR 550 Lippl v Haines (1989) 18 NSWLR 620 McIntosh v Webster (1980) 30 ACTR 19 Nolan v Clifford (1904) 1 CLR 429 Plenty v Dillon (1991) 171 CLR 635 R v Commissioner of Police (Tas) Ex parte North Broken Hill Limited (1992) 61 A Crim R 390 R v Marsden (1868) LR 1 CCR 131 Rigby v Chief Constable of Northamptonshire [1985] 1 WLR 1242 State of New South Wales v Napier [2002] NSWCA 402 Sullivan v Moody (2001) 207 CLR 562 Zalewski v Turcarolo [1995] 2 VR 562
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