Welsh v State of New South Wales [2018] NSWDC 412

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Welsh v State of New South Wales [2018] NSWDC 412 Hearing dates: 11 September 2018 Date of orders: 14 December 2018 Decision date: 14 December 2018 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Judgment for the defendant. (2) Plaintiff pay defendant's costs. (3) Liberty to restore in relation to costs. (4) Exhibits retained for 28 days. Catchwords: TORT - claim for damages for false imprisonment, malicious prosecution and misfeasance of public office Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 111 and 114 Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW), s 99 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 15.4 Cases Cited: A v State of New South Wales (2007) 230 CLR 500 Clavel v Savage [2015] NSWCA 61 Danthanarayana v Commonwealth [2014] FCA 552 Fountain Centre Christian School Inc. v Harrington (1990) 53 SASR 361 George v Rockett (1991) 70 CLR 104 Hamilton v State of New South Wales (No 13) [2016] NSWSC 1311 King v McKenzie (1991) Aust Torts Reports 81-118 McCarthy v New South Wales [2015] NSWCA 153 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs and Wu Shan Liang (1986) 185 CLR 259 Northern Territory v Mengel (1955) 185 CLR 307 NRMA Insurance v Flanagan [1982] 1 NSWLR 585 Ousley v The Queen (1997) 192 CLR 69 Prior v Mole (2017) 91 ALJR 441 Robinson v State of New South Wales [2018] NSWCA 231 Cannon and Rochford v Tahche [2002] VSC 84 State of New South Wales v Robinson (2016) 93 NSWLR 280 State of New South Wales v Smith [2017] NSWCA 194 Streeter v Western Areas Exploration Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] WASCA 17; (2011) 278 ALR 291 Talovic v New South Wales [2014] NSWCA 33 Three Rivers District Council v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No 3) [2003] 2 AC 1 Williams v The Queen (1986) 161 CLR 278 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff: Michael Welsh Defendant: State of New South Wales Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: Mr M Preece Defendant: Mr B Nolan