Hutchinson v NSW

• 1. Police
  2. › Powers and duties
  3. › Power to close road temporarily
  4. › Power to prevent persons entering closed road
  5. › Whether exercise of power to prevent constitutes a 'direction'
  6. › Whether identification and information obligations apply
  7. › Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW), ss 186, 201, 230
• 1. Torts
  2. › Intentional torts
  3. › Assault, battery and false imprisonment
  4. › Defence of lawful authority
  5. › Police exercising statutory power to prevent entry onto closed road
  6. › Whether force used was reasonably necessary
  7. › Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW), ss 186(1)(b), 230
• 1. Torts
  2. › Malicious prosecution
  3. › Absence of reasonable and probable cause
  4. › Onus of proof on plaintiff
  5. › Whether plaintiff established absence of reasonable and probable cause where police brief not tendered
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Standard of appellate review
  3. › Findings of fact by trial judge
  4. › Whether findings glaringly improbable or contrary to incontrovertible evidence
  5. › Limitations of photographic and CCTV evidence

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