Tilse v State of New South Wales [2013] NSWDC 265

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Tilse v State of New South Wales [2013] NSWDC 265 Hearing dates: 11-12, 20-22 March 2013; 26 April 2013; 6, 9-10, 12-13 December 2013 Decision date: 13 December 2013 Before: Neilson J Decision: Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Catchwords: TORT - false imprisonment - plaintiff arrested and held in custody for 5 hours and 43 minutes before released on bail - arrest must be necessary not reasonably necessary - APVO not proper substitute for bail conditions - bail may be granted without need to arrest - whether arrest was necessary - period held in custody excessive Legislation Cited: Bail Act 1978, ss 4, 7, 15, 17, 18 Crimes Act 1900, s 352 Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007, ss 10, 13, 19, 25, 26 Interpretation Act 1987, s 34, 35 Justices Act 1902, s 153 Cases Cited: Cannane v J Cannane Pty Limited [1998] HCA26 Carey v State of New South Wales [2013] NSWDC 213 Elcham v Commissioner of Police [2001] NSWSC 614 McCulloch v Maryland (1819) 7 US 159 Thomas v Mowbray [2007] HCA 33 Zaravinos v State of New South Wales [2004] NSWCA 320 Texts Cited: Brian Donovan QC, Law of Bail: Practice, Procedure and Principles, (1981, Legal Books) P H Lane, Lane's Commentary on the Australian Constitution, (1986, Law Book Company) R M Howie and P A Johnson, Criminal Practice and Procedure New South Wales (Service 124 2014, LexisNexis) Sir William Holdsworth, A History of English Law (5th ed 2003 Methuen & Co Ltd) The Federalist No. 44 (Maddison)(Special Edition, 1788, Leslie B Adams, Jr MA JD) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Melissa Leigh Tilse (Plaintiff) State of New South Wales (Defendant) Representation: P Barham & R Di Michiel (Plaintiff) M Spartalis & G Doherty (Defendant) Foot, Law & Co (Plaintiff) McCabes (Defendant) File Number(s): 2012/00275857 Publication restriction: No