Juliette Pratten v State of New South Wales [2018] NSWDC 299

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Juliette Pratten v State of New South Wales [2018] NSWDC 299 Hearing dates: 21 May 2018 – 24 May 2018 , Plaintiff's written submissions presented 24 May 2018, Defendant's written submissions dated 24 May 2018, Plaintiff's supplementary submissions dated 1 June 2018, Defendants supplementary written submissions dated 4 and 8 June 2018 Date of orders: 12 October 2018 Decision date: 12 October 2018 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Hatzistergos DCJ Decision: 1 Verdict and judgment for the Defendant. 2 Subject to any application within fourteen days to my Associate to relist the matter for any further or other order as to costs the Plaintiff is to pay the Defendant's costs. 3 The Exhibits are to be retained for 28 days. Catchwords: TORTS – False Imprisonment – Wrongful Arrest – Assault

TORTS – Battery – Assault – Whilst in custody

TORTS – Malicious Prosecution – Prosecutor – Senior Constable Legislation Cited: Children's (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW) s 8 Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) ss 51, 52, 53 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 56 Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW) s 89A Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) s 58 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) s 177 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s 136 Graffiti Control Act 2008 (NSW) Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW) ss 99, 105, 230, 231, Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW) s 116 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Young Offenders Act 1997 (NSW) Cases Cited: A v State of New South Wales (2007) 230 CLR 500; [2007] HCA 10 Baffico v YMCA of Great Lakes Inc [2014] NSWCA 61 DPP (NSW) v Matthews-Hunter [2014] NSWSC 843 Fulham Partners LLC v National Australia Bank Limited [2013] NSWCA 296 HD v State of New South Wales [2016] NSWCA 85 Lule v State of New South Wales [2018] NSWCA 125 Papakosmas v R [1999] 196 CLR 297 PM v R [2007] HCA 49 Pringle and Ors v Everingham [2006] NSWCA 195 Sahade v Bischoff [2015] NSWCA 418 Shalhoub v State of New South Wales [2017] NSWDC 363 State of New South Wales v Abed [2014] NSWCA 419 State of New South Wales v Landini [2010] NSWCA 157 State of New South Wales v McMaster [2015]NSWCA 228 State of New South Wales v Randall [2017] NSWCA 88 State of New South Wales v Robinson [2016] NSWCA 334 State of New South Wales v Smith [2017] NSWCA 194 Timbarr Pty Ltd v Narui Gold Coast Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 654 Young v New South Wales, Young v Young (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 330 Zaravinos v State of New South Wales [2004] NSWCA 320 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Juliette Pratten (Plaintiff) State of New South Wales (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Ms M Phelps (Plaintiff) Mr M Hutchings (Defendant)