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"Sue the Police: the Role of Civil Liability in Addressing Indigenous Harms in Custody"   flag 

(2024) 47 University of New South Wales Law Journal 589
Griffin, Laura
University of New South Wales Law Journal
Australia

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name Provision
Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002 (ACT)
Limitation Act 1985 (ACT) s11
Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (Cth) s64B
Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) s42, s54
Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) s14
Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW) s99
Law Reform (Vicarious Liability) Act 1983 (NSW) s9B, s9C
Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1944 (NSW)
Police Act 1990 (NSW) s213
Bail Act 1978 (NSW)
Civil Liability Amendment (Personal Responsibility) Act 2002 (NSW)
Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW)
Limitation Act 1981 (NT) s12
Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1956 (NT) s5
Police Administration Act 1978 (NT) s162
Personal Injuries (Liabilities and Damages) Amendment Act 2022 (NT)
Civil Liability Act 2003 (Qld)
Civil Proceedings Act 2011 (Qld)
Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld) s10
Law Reform Act 1995 (Qld) s10
Police Service Administration Act 1990 (Qld) s10.5
Succession Act 1981 (Qld) s66
Civil Liability Act 1936 (SA)
Limitation of Actions Act 1936 (SA) s35
Police Act 1998 (SA) s65
Survival of Causes of Action Act 1940 (SA) s2
Administration and Probate Act 1935 (Tas) s27
Civil Liability Act 2002 (Tas)
Limitation Act 1974 (Tas) s4
Police Service Act 2003 (Tas) s84
Administration and Probate Act 1958 (Vic) s29
Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) s458
Corrections Act 1986 (Vic) s7
Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 (Vic)
Limitation of Actions Act 1958 (Vic) s5
Victoria Police Act 2013 (Vic) s5, s74
Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) s28LAF
Children and Justice Legislation Amendment (Youth Justice Reform) Act 2017 (Vic)
Civil Liability Act 2002 (WA)
Fatal Accidents Act 1959 (WA)
Limitation Act (WA) s10
Limitation Act 2005 (WA) s13
Law Reform (Contributory Negligence and Tortfeasors’ Contribution) Act 1947 (WA) s4
Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1941 (WA) s4
Police Act 1892 (WA) s137
Young Offenders Act 1994 (WA)
Police Act 1996

Cases and Articles Cited

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Vyz by Next Friend Xyz v Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Justice [2022] WASC 274 Supreme Court of Western Australia Australia - Western Australia 25 Aug 2022 AustLII flag 4
Williams v Victoria [2022] VSC 305 Supreme Court of Victoria Australia - Victoria 8 Jun 2022 AustLII flag 1
Jenkings v Northern Territory of Australia (No 4) [2021] FCA 839 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 26 Jul 2021 AustLII flag 10
Jenkings v Northern Territory of Australia (No 3) [2021] FCA 621 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 8 Jun 2021 AustLII flag 2
Jenkings v Northern Territory [No 5] (2021) 398 ALR 8 Australia circa 2021 LexisNexis AU flag 1
"A Death Sentence for Swearing: The Fatal Consequences of the Failure to Decriminalise Offensive Language" (2021) 29 Griffith Law Review 73 Griffith Law Review Australia circa 2021 HeinOnline / Informit flag 1
"Misfeasance in Public Office: Raw Statistics from the Australian Front Line" (2021) 43 Sydney Law Review 315 Sydney Law Review Australia circa 2021 AustLII flag 1
Mullaley v State Coroner of Western Australia [2020] WASC 264 Supreme Court of Western Australia Australia - Western Australia 22 Jul 2020 AustLII flag 5
Ea v Diaconu [2020] NSWCA 127; 380 ALR 727; (2020) 102 NSWLR 351 Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal Australia - New South Wales 30 Jun 2020 AustLII flag 17
Binsaris v Northern Territory [2020] HCA 22; (2020) 270 CLR 549; (2020) 94 ALJR 664; 380 ALR 1 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 3 Jun 2020 AustLII flag 24
Mullaley v Western Australia [2020] FCA 13 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 13 Jan 2020 AustLII flag 7
"Racial Profiling in Contemporary Australian Policing" (2020) 161 Precedent 4 Precedent Australia circa 2020 AustLII flag 1
"An Empirical Study of Exemplary Damages in Australia" (2020) 43 Melbourne University Law Review 694 Melbourne University Law Review Australia circa 2020 AustLII flag 4
"Still Awaiting Clarity: Why Victoria's New Civil Liability Laws for Organisational Child Abuse Are Less Helpful Than They Appear" (2020) 43 University of New South Wales Law Journal 452 University of New South Wales Law Journal Australia circa 2020 AustLII flag 1
Cruse v Victoria (2019) 59 VR 241 Australia - Victoria circa 2019 LexisNexis AU flag 4
"Misfeasance in Public Office: A Tort in Tension" (2019) 43 Melbourne University Law Review 337 Melbourne University Law Review Australia circa 2019 AustLII flag 3
Smith v Victoria [2018] VSC 475; (2018) 56 VR 332 Supreme Court of Victoria Australia - Victoria 27 Aug 2018 AustLII flag 14
Farah Custodians Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [2018] FCA 1185 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 9 Aug 2018 AustLII flag 9
Obeid v Lockley [2018] NSWCA 71; (2018) 355 ALR 615; (2018) 98 NSWLR 258 Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal Australia - New South Wales 12 Apr 2018 AustLII flag 39
FRX17 as litigation representative for FRM17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 63; (2018) 262 FCR 1 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 9 Feb 2018 AustLII flag 15
LO v Northern Territory of Australia [2017] NTSC 22; (2017) 317 FLR 324 Supreme Court of the Northern Territory Australia - Northern Territory 21 Mar 2017 AustLII flag 11
New South Wales v Exton (2017) 270 A Crim R 182 Australia circa 2017 Legal Online / Westlaw flag 3
Cunningham v Traynor [2016] WADC 168 District Court of Western Australia Australia - Western Australia 9 Dec 2016 AustLII flag 17
Gaykamangu v Northern Territory [2016] NTSC 26 Supreme Court of the Northern Territory Australia - Northern Territory 19 May 2016 AustLII flag 5
R (Sisangia) v Director of Legal Aid Casework [2016] EWCA Civ 24; [2016] 1 WLR 1373 England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division United Kingdom - England and Wales 27 Jan 2016 BAILII flag 5
"Where Is the Accountability for Aboriginal Deaths in Custody?" (2016) 25 (3) Human Rights Defender 5 Human Rights Defender Australia circa 2016 Informit flag 1
(2016) 41 Alternative Law Journal 3 (2016) 41 Alternative Law Journal 3 Alternative Law Journal Australia circa 2016 HeinOnline / Informit flag 1
Bulsey v Queensland [2015] QCA 187 Supreme Court of Queensland - Court of Appeal Australia - Queensland 6 Oct 2015 AustLII flag 27
"Malicious Prosecution: To Sue or Not to Sue?" (2015) 130 Precedent 10 Precedent Australia circa 2015 AustLII flag 1
"Experiencing Racism in Health Care: The Mental Health Impacts for Victorian Aboriginal Communities" (2014) 201 Medical Journal of Australia 44 Medical Journal of Australia Australia circa 2014 flag 1
"Police Misconduct as a Breach of Public trust: the Offence of Misconduct in Public Office" (2014) 19 Deakin Law Review 89 Deakin Law Review Australia circa 2014 AustLII flag 1
Konneh v New South Wales (No 3) [2013] NSWSC 1424 Supreme Court of New South Wales Australia - New South Wales 27 Sep 2013 AustLII flag 8
Wallace v Kam [2013] HCA 19; (2013) 250 CLR 375; (2013) 297 ALR 383; 87 ALJR 648 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 8 May 2013 AustLII flag 361
New South Wales v Williamson [2012] HCA 57; (2012) 248 CLR 417; (2012) 293 ALR 440; (2012) 87 ALJR 154 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 12 Dec 2012 AustLII flag 34
Inquest into the death of Briscoe [2012] NTMC 32 Northern Territory Magistrate's Court Australia - Northern Territory 17 Sep 2012 AustLII flag 1
Majindi v Northern Territory of Australia [2012] NTSC 25; (2012) 260 FLR 459; (2012) 31 NTLR 150 Supreme Court of the Northern Territory Australia - Northern Territory 12 Apr 2012 AustLII flag 17
"Private Rights and Public Wrongs: The Tort of Misfeasance in Public Office" (2012) 111 Precedent 4 Precedent Australia circa 2012 AustLII flag 4
Matthews v SPI Electricity Pty Ltd; SPI Electricity Pty Ltd v Utility Services Corporation Ltd (Ruling [2011] VSC 168; (2011) 34 VR 584 Supreme Court of Victoria Australia - Victoria 10 May 2011 AustLII flag 58
"Misfeasance in Public Office: A Very Peculiar Tort" (2011) 35 Melbourne University Law Review 1 Melbourne University Law Review Australia circa 2011 AustLII flag 28
"The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and the Duty of Care Owed to Prisoners in South Australia" (2011) 15 Australian Indigenous Law Review 110 Australian Indigenous Law Review Australia circa 2011 AustLII flag 1
"When Police Complaint Mechanisms Fail: The Use of Civil Litigation" (2011) 36 (2) Alternative Law Journal 99 Alternative Law Journal Australia circa 2011 HeinOnline / Informit flag 1
New South Wales v Radford [2010] NSWCA 276; (2010) 79 NSWLR 327 Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal Australia - New South Wales 28 Oct 2010 AustLII flag 69
New South Wales v Landini [2010] NSWCA 157 Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal Australia - New South Wales 9 Jul 2010 AustLII flag 43
Adeels Palace Pty Ltd v Moubarak [2009] HCA 48; (2009) 239 CLR 420; (2009) 260 ALR 628; (2009) 84 ALJR 19; [2009] Aust Torts Reports 82-042 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 10 Nov 2009 AustLII flag 524
Radford v New South Wales (2009) 10 DCLR (NSW) 34 Australia - NSW circa 2009 flag 1
A v New South Wales [2007] HCA 10; (2007) 230 CLR 500; (2007) 233 ALR 584; (2007) 81 ALJR 763; [2007] Aust Torts Reports 81-878; [2008] Aust Contract Reports 90-280 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 21 Mar 2007 AustLII flag 268
"The duty of care to prisoners: " (2007) 81 Precedent 8 Precedent Australia circa 2007 AustLII flag 2
N v Chief Constable of Merseyside [2006] EWHC 3041 High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales circa 2006 BAILII flag 2
"Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: A Continuing Systematic Abuse" (2006) 33 (4) Social Justice 37 Social Justice United States circa 2006 flag 2
New South Wales v Bujdoso [2005] HCA 76; (2005) 227 CLR 1; (2005) 222 ALR 663; (2005) 80 ALJR 236; [2005] Aust Torts Reports 81-821 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 8 Dec 2005 AustLII flag 63
S v Secretary, Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2005] FCA 549; (2005) 143 FCR 217; (2005) 216 ALR 252; 84 ALD 257; [2005] Aust Torts Reports 81-796 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 5 May 2005 AustLII flag 50
Ruddock v Taylor [2005] HCA 48; (2005) 222 CLR 612; 221 ALR 32; (2005) 79 ALJR 1534; 87 ALD 264 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth circa 2005 AustLII flag 260
"Broken Beds and Broken Lives: Veronica Appleton v NSW" (2005) 6 (14) Indigenous Law Bulletin 10 Indigenous Law Bulletin Australia circa 2005 AustLII flag 1
De Reus v Gray [2003] VSCA 84; (2003) 9 VR 432 Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal Australia - Victoria 27 Jun 2003 AustLII flag 29
Howard & Nasir v Northern Territory of Australia [2003] NTSC 63 Supreme Court of the Northern Territory Australia - Northern Territory 29 May 2003 AustLII flag 1
New South Wales v Lepore [2003] HCA 4; 212 CLR 511; (2003) 195 ALR 412; (2003) 77 ALJR 558; [2003] Aust Torts Reports 81-684; (2003) 24 Leg Rep 2 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 6 Feb 2003 AustLII flag 400
Hollis v Vabu [2001] HCA 44; (2001) 207 CLR 21; (2001) 181 ALR 263; (2001) 75 ALJR 1356; (2001) 106 IR 80; (2001) 47 ATR 559; (2001) 50 AILR 4-476; [2001] Aust Torts Reports 81-615; (2001) 33 MVR 399 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 9 Aug 2001 AustLII flag 1051
Phelps v London Borough of Hillingdon [2000] UKHL 47; [2001] 2 AC 619; [2000] 4 All ER 504; [2000] 3 WLR 776 House of Lords United Kingdom 27 Jul 2000 BAILII flag 151
Adams v Kennedy [2000] NSWCA 152; (2000) 49 NSWLR 78 Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal Australia - New South Wales 26 Jun 2000 AustLII flag 88
Scott v Davis [2000] HCA 52; (2000) 204 CLR 333; (2000) 175 ALR 217; (2000) 74 ALJR 1410; [2000] Aust Torts Reports 81-573; (2000) 32 MVR 1 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth circa 2000 AustLII flag 233
Tomkinson v Weir (1999) 24 SR (WA) 183 Supreme Court of Western Australia Australia - Western Australia circa 1999 flag 3
Pyrenees Shire Council v Day [1998] HCA 3; (1998) 192 CLR 330; (1998) 151 ALR 147; (1998) 72 ALJR 152; 96 LGERA 330; [1998] Aust Torts Reports 81-456 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 23 Jan 1998 AustLII flag 467
Sanders v Snell [1998] HCA 64; (1998) 196 CLR 329; (1998) 157 ALR 491; [1998] Aust Torts Reports 81-493; (1998) 72 ALJR 1508; (1998) 16 Leg Rep 2 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth circa 1998 AustLII flag 274
"Laying Down the Law: The Police, the Courts and Legal Accountability" (1998) 26 (4) International Journal of the Sociology of Law 419 International Journal of the Sociology of Law circa 1998 1
"Suing the police: the moral of the disappointing morsel" (1996) 21 (4) Alternative Law Journal 173 Alternative Law Journal Australia circa 1996 AustLII flag 1
Medlin v State Government Insurance Commission [1995] HCA 5; (1995) 182 CLR 1; (1995) 127 ALR 180; 69 ALJR 118; [1995] Aust Torts Reports 81-322 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 16 Feb 1995 AustLII flag 949
Quayle v New South Wales [1995] Aust Torts Reports 81-367 Australia circa 1995 IntelliConnect flag 7
Northern Territory of Australia v Mengel (1995) 185 CLR 307; 129 ALR 1; [1995] Aust Torts Reports 81-335; 69 ALJR 527; 25 Queensland Law Society Journal 245 Australia - Commonwealth circa 1995 Legal Online / Westlaw flag 444
Henry v Thompson [1989] 2 Qd R 412; [1989] Aust Torts Reports 80-265; [1989] ATR 80-265 Australia - Queensland circa 1989 LexisNexis AU flag 29
Lamb v Cotogno [1987] HCA 47; (1987) 164 CLR 1; (1987) 74 ALR 188; (1987) 61 ALJR 549; (1987) 5 MVR 449; [1987] Aust Torts Reports 80-124 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 13 Oct 1987 AustLII flag 505
XL Petroleum (NSW) Pty Ltd v Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Ltd [1985] HCA 12; (1985) 155 CLR 448; (1985) 57 ALR 639; (1985) 59 ALJR 352; [1985] Aust Torts Reports 80-317 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 28 Feb 1985 AustLII flag 329
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Farrington v Thomson & Bridgland [1959] VicRp 49; [1959] VR 286; [1959] ALR 695 Australia - Victoria 17 Dec 1958 AustLII flag 76
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