Shalhoub v State of New South Wales [2017] NSWDC 363

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Shalhoub v State of New South Wales [2017] NSWDC 363 Hearing dates: 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27 March; 21, 24 November (written submissions); 1 December 2017 (written submissions) Date of orders: 14 December 2017 Decision date: 14 December 2017 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: P Taylor SC DCJ Decision: (1) Judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $82,018.63. (2) Defendant to pay the plaintiff's costs. Catchwords: TORTS – intentional tort - false arrest – unlawful imprisonment – assault and battery – police – suspect on reasonable grounds – stalking – arrest reasonably necessary – informed of arrest – as soon as reasonably practicable – reasonable force – continued detention – damages – aggravated damages – exemplary damages – interest – interest on non-economic loss Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002, Pt 2, Pt 7, s 3B, s 5, s 11, s 11A, s 16, s 31, s 51, s 52, s 53, s 54 Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007, s 8, s 13 Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002, s 99, s 201, s 202, s 230, s 231 Law Reform (Vicarious Liability) Act 1983, s 6, s 8, s 9B Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r, 14.10, r 14.26, r 14.27 Cases Cited: Bunyan v Jordan (1937) 57 CLR 1 Chapple v Electrical Trades Union [1961] 3 All ER 612; [1961] 1 WLR 1290 Cheng v Farjudi [2016] NSWCA 316 Christie v Leachinsky [1947] AC 573 Croucher v Cachia [2016] NSWCA 132 Dean v Phung [2012] NSWCA 223 George v Rockett (1990) 170 CLR 104 Gifford v Strang Patrick Stevedoring Pty Ltd (2003) 214 CLR 269; [2003] HCA 33 Goldie v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2) [2004] FCA 156 Gray v Motor Accidents Commission (Gray v MAC) (1998) 196 CLR 1; [1998] HCA 70 Hayer v Kam [2014] NSWSC 126 John Edward Thornton v State of New South Wales [2017] NSWCA 248 Johnstone v State of NSW [2010] NSWCA 70; (2010) 202 A Crim R 422 Konneh v State of New South Wales (No.3) [2013] NSWSC 1424 Lamb v Cotogno (1987) 164 CLR 1; [1987] HCA 47 MacDougal v Mitchell [2015] NSWCA 389 MBP (SA) Pty Ltd v Gogic (1991) 171 CLR 657; [1991] HCA 3 Moses v State of NSW (No 3) [2010] NSWDC 243 Mulholland v Australian Electoral Commission (2004) 220 CLR 181 Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Naidu (2007) 71 NSWLR 471; [2007] NSWCA 377 New South Wales v Radford (2010) 79 NSWLR 327; [2010] NSWCA 276 New South Wales v Williamson (2012) 248 CLR 417; [2012] HCA 57 New South Wales v Zreika [2012] NSWCA 37 Pinson v Lloyds & National Provincial Foreign Bank Ltd [1941] 2 KB 72 Poidevin v Semaan (2013) 85 NSWLR 758; [2013] NSWCA 334 Robinson v State of New South Wales [2017] NSWDC 289 Ruddock & Ors v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269; [2003] NSWCA 262 State of New South v Riley (2003) 57 NSWLR 496; [2003] NSWCA 208 State of New South Wales v Exton [2017] NSWCA 294 State of New South Wales v Ibbett [2005] NSWCA 445; (2005) 65 NSWLR 168 State of NSW v Abed [2014] NSWCA 419 State of NSW v Delly (2007) 70 NSWLR 125; [2007] NSWCA 303 State of NSW v Le [2017] NSWCA 290 State of NSW v McCarthy [2015] NSWCA 153 State of NSW v Randall [2017] NSWCA 88 State of NSW v Smith [2017] NSWCA 194 Thomas v Mowbray [2007] HCA 33 Thompson; Hsu v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [1998] QB 498 Uren v John Fairfax (1966) 117 CLR 118; [1966] HCA 40 Watson v Marshall (1971) 124 CLR 621; [1971] HCA 33 Zaravinos v State of NSW (2004) 62 NSWLR 58; [2004] NSWCA 320 Texts Cited: J Fleming, The Law of Torts, 8th ed, LBC (1992) Ritchie's Uniform Civil Procedure NSW The Holy Bible, King James Version Trindade and Cane, The Law of Torts in Australia, 3rd Edition, OUP (1999) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Andrew Michael Shalhoub (plaintiff) State of New South Wales (defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr J Sheller (plaintiff) Mr P Menzies QC and Mr C Gregory (defendant)