Lovric v State of New South Wales [2018] NSWDC 148

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lovric v State of New South Wales [2018] NSWDC 148 Hearing dates: 9, 10, 11 and 12 April 2018 Date of orders: 13 April 2018 Decision date: 13 April 2018 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: P Taylor SC DCJ Decision: (1) Judgment for the defendant. (2) Plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs. Catchwords: TORTS – intentional tort - assault and battery - unlawful imprisonment - malicious prosecution – offensive language – resist arrest – satisfaction that the arrest was reasonably necessary – reasonable and probable cause to commence proceedings – objective and subjective elements - malice - damages Legislation Cited: Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002, s 99, s 201, s 202, s 231 Cases Cited: A v NSW [2007] HCA 10 Clyne v State of New South Wales (No 1) [2011] NSWSC 629 Mulholland v Australian Electoral Commission (2004) 220 CLR 181 Newell; Muriniti v De Costi [2018] NSWCA 49 Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 Shalhoub v New South Wales [2017] NSWDC 363 State of New South Wales v Randall [2017] NSWCA 88 Thomas v Mowbray [2007] HCA 33 Zaravinos v State of New South Wales (2004) 62 NSWLR 58 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Denis Lovric (plaintiff) State of New South Wales (defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr J E Doyon (plaintiff) Mr M Hutchings (defendant)