When An Escort To An Interview Room Led To A False Imprisonment

In this episode, the wigs discuss a new decision of the district court of NSW Reeves v State of NSW 2023 NSWDC 196.  The Plaintiff, Mr. Reeves, sued the state of NSW for malicious prosecution and false imprisonment following the dismissal of a stalking charge against him.  While he failed to prove the prosecution was malicious or that his arrest had been unlawful, he did succeed with a relatively novel claim of false imprisonment.  Judge Abadee found that the actions of the police in transferring him into a police interview room, in circumstances where he had expressly declined to be interviewed, led to false imprisonment for the period of the unwanted interview.  The wigs draw on their experience in litigating issues of unlawful arrest, false imprisonment, and unwanted police interviews to analyse the case and related issues.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.