Clavel v Savage [2015] NSWCA 61

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Clavel v Savage [2015] NSWCA 61 Hearing dates: 16 and 17 February 2015 Decision date: 24 March 2015 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1]; Emmett JA at [2]; Sackville AJA at [4] Decision: 1. Appeal dismissed. 2. The appellants pay the costs of the third respondent (State of New South Wales) of the appeal. Catchwords: TORTS – malicious prosecution – whether appellant demonstrated absence of reasonable and proper cause – whether malice demonstrated – identifying the prosecutor or instigator of the prosecution – collateral abuse of power – whether improper purpose established – whether delay in delivery of primary judgment resulted in unsafe findings Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 59, 61, 195(a), 562 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 10 Inclosed Lands Protection Act 1901 (NSW), s 4

Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: A v New South Wales [2007] HCA 10; 230 CLR 500 Beckett v State of New South Wales [2013] HCA 17; 248 CLR 432 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 Clavel v Savage [2013] NSWSC 775 Clavel v Savage (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 463 Davis v Gell [1924] HCA 56; 35 CLR 275 Expectation Pty Ltd v PRD Realty Pty Ltd [2004] FCAFC 189; 140 FCR 17 NAIS v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2005] HCA 77; 228 CLR 470 State of New South Wales v Landini [2010] NSWCA 157 State of New South Wales v Quirk [2012] NSWCA 216 Williams v Spautz [1992] HCA 34; 174 CLR 509 Texts Cited: J Fleming, The Law of Torts (9th ed 1998) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jean Luc Clavel (First Appellant) Sarah Clavel (Second Appellant) State of New South Wales (Third Respondent) Representation: Counsel: DE Baran (Appellants) P Neil SC / N Newton (Third Respondent)