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A class action against NSW over festival strip searches says the state is attempting, again, to declass the proceeding after the lead applicant was awarded $93,000 in damages.
The NSW government is planning to appeal a ruling that ordered it to pay $93,000 in damages to the lead plaintiff in a class action over police strip search at music festivals.
NSW Police may face another class action over its use of strip searches, after it was ordered to pay $93,000 in damages to the lead plaintiff in a class action over strip searches at music festivals.
A judge has ordered the NSW government to pay $93,000 in damages to the lead plaintiff in a class action over police strip searches at music festivals, finding a “conspicuous deficiency” in the training of officers.
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The NSW Land and Environment Court has blocked a developer’s controversial plan to demolish a 32-bedroom boarding house in Inner Sydney suburb of Paddington to develop four luxury residences.
The lead plaintiff in a class action alleging police conducted thousands of unlawful strip searches at music festivals in NSW has sought $130,000 in damages on the first day of trial against the state.
The NSW government's bid for the names of 2,316 registered group members in a class action over strip searches at music festivals has been knocked back by the court.
The lead plaintiff in a class action alleging NSW Police conducted illegal strip searches at music festivals has argued the state cannot rely on a defence that the searches were a reasonable exercise of power, after a recent judgment found the defence does not apply to unlawful arrests.
The NSW government is seeking to strike out class action claims for exemplary damages, arguing allegations that police conducted strip searches at music festivals as a matter of routine “lack specificity at every level”.
A judge hearing a class action against the New South Wales government and police commissioner over allegedly illegal strip searches at music festivals has criticised the state for failing to comply with court orders on time.