David Harold Eastman v The Queen

David Harold Eastman applied to the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory for a review of the conduct of a remand officer. The applicant alleged that the remand officer had engaged in discriminatory and persecutory behaviour towards him while he was on remand awaiting trial.

The central legal issue before the Court was whether the conduct of the remand officer constituted a breach of section 14A of the *Remand Centres Act 1976* (ACT). This provision deals with the conduct of officers within remand centres and requires that their actions be fair and non-discriminatory.

The Chief Justice, Higgins CJ, considered the specific facts presented in relation to the alleged conduct. The Court determined that the circumstances of the case did not establish a contravention of section 14A of the *Remand Centres Act 1976*. The application was therefore refused.