Actions Against Police For False Imprisonment

Livingstone v Rawyards Coal Co (1880) 5 App Cas 25 at 39; Haines v Bendall (1991) 172 CLR 60 at 63 per Mason CJ, Dawson, Toohey and Gaudron JJ Often used interchangeably with battery, though assault and battery are distinct torts. e.g. as in the case of Southgate v Waterford (1990) 21 NSWLR 427) State of NSW v Williamson S416/2011 ................
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