Robinson v State of New South Wales [2017] NSWDC 289

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Robinson v State of New South Wales [2017] NSWDC 289 Hearing dates: 1 and 2 August 2017 Date of orders: 03 August 2017 Decision date: 03 August 2017 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: P Taylor SC DCJ Decision: (1) Judgment for the defendant. (2) Plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs. Catchwords: TORT – false imprisonment – unlawful imprisonment – suspicion of an offence – reasonable grounds - whether arrest was reasonably necessary - "reasonably necessary" – to stop repetition of offence – to ensue court appearance – seriousness of offence – good faith – extraneous purpose – continued detention - damages Legislation Cited: Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002, s 99, s 105, s 109, s 114, s 115 Cases Cited: A v New South Wales [2007] HCA 10 Certain Lloyd's Underwriters Subscribing to Contract No IH00AAQS v Thelander (2012) 248 CLR 378; [2012] HCA 56 Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Zammitt [2014] NSWCA 104 George v Rockett (1990) 170 CLR 104; [1990] HCA 26 Hyder v Commonwealth of Australia [2012] NSWCA 336 Konneh v State of New South Wales (No.3) [2013] NSWSC 1424 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Eshetu (1999) 197 CLR 611; [1999] HCA 21 Mulholland v Australian Electoral Commission (2004) 220 CLR 181 Peter Michael Travers v The State of New South Wales [2016] NSWDC 297 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355; [1998] HCA 28 R v Rondo [2001] NSWCCA 540 Rail Corporation New South Wales v Brown (2012) 82 NSWLR 318 Ruddock v Taylor (2005) 222 CLR 612; [2005] HCA 48 State of New South Wales v Randall [2017] NSWCA 88 State of New South Wales v Robinson [2016] NSWCA 334 Thomas v Mowbray [2007] HCA 33 Tilse v NSW [2013] NSWDC 265 Zaravinos v State of New South Wales [2014] NSWCA 320 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Bradford James Robinson (plaintiff) State of New South Wales (defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr D Woodbury (plaintiff) Mr G Bateman (defendant)