Makri v State of New South Wales [2015] NSWDC 131

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Makri v State of New South Wales [2015] NSWDC 131 Hearing dates: 11, 12 and 13 May 2015 Date of orders: 19 June 2015 Decision date: 19 June 2015 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Judgment for the defendant. (2) Plaintiff pay defendant's costs. (3) Liberty to apply in relation to costs. (4) Exhibits retained for 28 days. Catchwords: TORT - assault - plaintiff and his associate arrested by police after being found in possession of a motorcycle reasonably suspected of being stolen - whether the placing of handcuffs on the plaintiff as part of that arrest constituted an unreasonable use of force and thereby constituted the tort of assault and battery on the plaintiff - damages Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 66 Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW), ss 230 and 237 Police Act 1990 (NSW), ss 6 – 8 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 12.6 and 42.35 Cases Cited: Adams v Kennedy (2000) 49 NSWLR 78 Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden [2002] NSWCA 419 Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175 Attorney-General for NSW v Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd (1954) 92 CLR 113 Cassell & Co Ltd v Broome [1972] 2 WLR 645 Chen v New South Wales [2014] NSWCA 41 Clavel v Savage [2013] NSWCA 775 Container Terminals Australia v Huseyin [2008] NSWCA 320 Davis v Council of the City of Wagga Wagga [2004] NSWCA 34 DPP v Gribble [2004] NSWSC 926 Hallam v Ross (No 2) [2012] QSC 407 Hill v Richards [2011] NSWCA 291 Innes v Weate [1984] Tas R 14 Johnson v Phillips [1975] 3 All E R 682 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Kappadoukas v Fransepp Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 366 Lamb v Cotogno (1987) 164 CLR 1 Lane v Holloway [1968] 1 QB 379 LVMH Watch & Jewellery Australia Pty Ltd v Lassanah [2011] NSWCA 370 Maile v Rafiq [2005] NSWCA 410 Mason v Demasi [2009] NSWCA 227 Mastronardi v State of New South Wales [2009] NSWCA 270 Mather v Smith [2014] QCA 65 McCarthy v State of New South Wales [2013] NSWDC 247 McIntosh v Webster (1980) 43 FLR 112 New South Wales v Ibbett (2006) 229 CLR 638 New South Wales v Tyszyk [2008] NSWCA 107 R v K (1993) 118 ALR 596 R v XY (2010) 79 NSWLR 629 Silver v Dome Resources NL [2005] NSWSC 265 State of New South Wales v McCarthy [2015] NSWCA 153 State of New South Wales v Zreika [2012] NSWCA 37 Tilden v Gregg [2015] NSWCA 164 Woodley v Boyd [2001] NSWCA 35 Texts Cited: -Click here to enter text. Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff: Christopher Makri Defendant: State of New South Wales Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: Mr L Nicholls Defendant: Ms G F Mahony