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Robinson v State of New South Wales [2018] NSWCA 231
In this decision (which, admittedly, deals with the tort of wrongful arrest), the Court of Appeal has determined that an arrest is only lawful if it is exercised for the purpose of commencing criminal proceedings. It is not a legal exercise of the power to arrest a person in order to investigate whe
Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Shaba [2018] NSWSC 811
A judge of the Supreme Court has held that police do not need to suspect that a person who is the subject of a Firearms Prohibition Order has a firearm before exercising a related power to search them.