Irving v Pfingst (No 2)
[2025] QSC 224
Para 1
…t that the award of damages in relation to imprisonment often includes a significant amount for the “initial shock of being arrested”.[61] [61] Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 at [49] per Spiegelman CJ; Caravana v State of New South Wales [2024] NSWSC 254 at [260] and Murphy v State of New South Wales [2023] NSWSC 40…
Ghanem v State of New South Wales
[2024] NSWDC 213
Para 113
…Often the compensation is awarded for the “initial shock” upon being arrested, which may be the basis for an award of damages: Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262 per Spigelman CJ at [49]: Zaravinos v State of New South Wales [2004] NSWCA 320; (2004) 62 NSWLR 58 at [52] per Bryson JA.…
Hassan (formerly described under the pseudonym AFX21) v Minister for Home Affairs
[2024] FCA 527
Para 28
…o a loss of freedom should be awarded on a “ per day ” basis, contrary to the applicant’s submissions. As Spigelman CJ held in Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262; (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 at [49]: Damages for false imprisonment cannot be computed on the basis that there is some kind of applicable daily rate. A substantia…
McLaughlin v State of New South Wales
[2023] NSWDC 525
Para 98
…to prove the fact of imprisonment. It is then for the defendant to prove that the plaintiff’s imprisonment was lawfully justified: Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262 at [3].…
Stradford (a pseudonym) v Judge Vasta
[2023] FCA 1020
…LR 269; [2003] NSWCA 262 Ruddock v Taylor (2005) 222 CLR 612; [2005] HCA 48 Rutherford v Marshal of Family Court of Australia (1999) 152 FLR 299; [1999] FamCA 1299 Seaegg v The King (1932) 48 CLR 251; [1932] HCA 47 Scavage v Tateham (1600) Cro Eliz 829; 78 ER 1056 Shergold v Holloway (1734) Sess Cas KB 154; 93 ER 1…
Reeves v State of New South Wales (No 2)
[2023] NSWDC 232
Para 28
…arresting Mr Reeves, including his handcuffing and his being (again lawfully) taken into the custody of Chatswood police station ( Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262 at [49]).…
Murphy v The State of New South Wales
[2023] NSWSC 407
Para 189
…In Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269; [2003] NSWCA 262 Spigelman CJ said at [49]:…
Ngumi v The Attorney General of The Bahamas & Ors (Bahamas)
[2023] UKPC 12
…he approach set out in Takitota at para 17. The Court of Appeal next considered whether the sum of $386,000 was manifestly too low. It had regard to the award of $400,000 made in Takitota , and the settlement sum of $500,000 agreed by the parties (uprated to $670,000 for inflation). It considered the awards made in…
Madden v The State of New South Wales
[2022] NSWDC 647
Para 306
…In Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262 Spiegelman CJ observed at [49]:…
Thoms v The Commonwealth
[2022] HCA 20
Para 4
…o cancel his visa. As a consequence, he could not become an unlawful non‑citizen[32], and s 189(1) could have no valid application to him[33]. [30] Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269. [31](2005) 222 CLR 612 at 623 [30]. [32]By operation of Migration Act , s 15. [33] Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 at 274 [15]‑[16]…
MZZHL v Commonwealth of Australia
[2021] FCA 600
Para 5
…proving the detention is lawful. … To like effect are the following observations of Spigelman CJ in Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262, (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 at 272: [3] The protection of the personal liberty of individuals has been a fundamental purpose of the common law for centuries. The tort of trespass in the fo…
Setka v Dalton
[2020] VSC 521
…ndants could be the proximate cause of imprisonment – Myer Stores Ltd v Soo [1991] 2 VR 597; Coles Myer Ltd v Webster [2009] NSWCA 299; Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 referred to – Claim for malicious prosecution – Whether the defendants were the effective prosecutors – Whether the defendants could have been actuate…
Lewis v Australian Capital Territory
[2020] HCA 26
Para 3
…the exercise of a statutory function, however, the tortious liability of each was excluded by statute and imposed instead on the Territory[27]. [25] Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 at 276 [30]; Ruddock v Taylor (2005) 222 CLR 612 at 651-652 [143]. [26] Myer Stores Ltd v Soo [1991] 2 VR 597 at 629. [27] Crimes (Sente…
Burgess v Commonwealth of Australia
[2020] FCA 670
Para 2
…147 ( Trobridge v Hardy ) at 152 per Fullagar J; Watson v Marshall and Cade [1971] HCA 33; (1971) 124 CLR 621 at 626 per Walsh J; Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262; (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 ( Ruddock v Taylor (NSWCA) ) at [4] per Spigelman CJ; Commonwealth v Okwume [2018] FCAFC 69; (2018) 263 FCR 604 at [107] per Besan…
Baranov v Morton
[2020] NSWDC 384
Para 5
…l DCJ (as her Honour then was) gave judgment for Taylor and awarded $116,000 in damages. There was an appeal to the Court of Appeal: Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262; (2003) 58 NSWLR 269. Commencing at [29], Spigelman CJ said:…
Eastman v The Australian Capital Territory
[2019] ACTSC 280
Para 1
…The defendant has referred me to Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262; 58 NSWLR 269, in support of the proposition that a daily rate is inappropriate. Spigelman CJ, at [49] said:…
SW v MK (No. 5)
[2019] NSWDC 242
Para 180
…I also note the observations of Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269.…
Wang v State of NSW
[2018] NSWDC 375
…ch 7 cl 5(1)(c), r 31.27(1)(c) Cases Cited: Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 Coyle v State of New South Wales [2006] NSWCA 95 Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262; (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 Ruddock v Taylor [2005] HCA 48; (2005) 222 NSWLR 612 Smith v State of New South Wales [2016] NSWDC 55 State of New South Wales v Smith [2017…
Gibb-Smith v State of New South Wales
[2018] NSWDC 204
…proportion of the ultimate award must be given for what has been described as ‘the initial shock of being arrested’”. – Ruddock v. Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262 Spigelman CJ at 49. That substantial proportion of the ultimate award of damages could not vary according to whether the detention was for about two and three-qu…
Attalla v State of NSW
[2018] NSWDC 190
Para 72
…e period of imprisonment was under an hour, although the greater proportion of damages should be awarded for the initial embarrassment of arrest. 46. Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 at [49]. 47. Ruddock at [49], Thompson; Hsu v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [1998] QB 498 at 515. 48. Watson v Marshall (1971…
Lovric v State of New South Wales
[2018] NSWDC 148
Para 72
…tion of liberty is a serious matter. A substantial component of any award for false imprisonment is for the initial shock of being arrested. [24] 24. Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 at 279 [49], per Spigelman CJ, Zaravinos v State of New South Wales (2004) 62 NSWLR 58 at [52].…
Lewis v Australian Capital Territory
[2018] ACTSC 19
…ero v Farstad Shipping (Indian Pacific) Pty Ltd (No 3) [2017] FCAFC 102 Royal Insurance Co Ltd v Mylius (1926) 38 CLR 477 Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262; 58 NSWLR 269 Ruddock v Taylor [2005] HCA 48; 222 CLR 612 R v AM [2010] ACTSC 149; 245 FLR 410 R v Butcher [1992] 2 NZLR 257 R v Chairman of Parole Board; Ex pa…
Shalhoub v State of New South Wales
[2017] NSWDC 363
Para 163
…. A substantial proportion of the ultimate award is for “ the initial shock of being arrested ” ( Ruddock & Ors v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269; [2003] NSWCA 262, Thompson; Hsu v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [1998] QB 498 at 515). An “ interference with personal liberty even for a short period is not a tri…
Guo v Commonwealth of Australia
[2017] FCA 1355
Para 2
…n false imprisonment cases is a difficult exercise, not only for the reasons given by Hodgson JA in Riley , but also because, as Spigelman CJ said in Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 at 279 [49] ( Ruddock (NSWCA) ), “[d]amages for false imprisonment cannot be computed on the basis that there is some kind of applicable…
Strange v Turnbull
[2017] NSWSC 1363
Para 18
…e plaintiff: Cowell v Corrective Services Commission of New South Wales at 743E (Clarke JA). Liability turns on intention to detain: Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262; 58 NSWLR 269 at [4] (Spigelman CJ). The successful appeal to the High Court in Ruddock v Taylor [2005] HCA 48; 222 CLR 612 was based upon issues pre…
State of New South Wales v Smith
[2017] NSWCA 194
…2001] NSWCCA 540 Ruddock v Taylor (2005) 222 CLR 612; [2005] HCA 48 Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269; [2003] NSWCA 262 Smith v Corrective Services Commission (NSW) (1980) 147 CLR 134; [1980] HCA 49 State of New South Wales v Bouffler [2017] NSWCA 185 State of New South Wales v Corbett (2007) 230 CLR 606; [2007]…
Dixon v Apostolic Church Australia Limited
[2017] WADC 88
…s v Bartlett (2000) 176 ALR 137 Laoulach v Ibrahim [2011] NSWCA 402 Lormine Pty Ltd v Xuereb [2006] NSWCA 200 Onetech Pty Ltd v Shaw [1999] WASCA 289 Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 Sharp v Parramatta City Council [2015] NSWCA 260 Shaw v Thomas [2010] NSWCA 169 State of Queensland v Kelly [2014] QCA 27 Streller v Alb…
Monaghan v Australian Capital Territory (No 2)
[2016] ACTSC 352
…R 118 R v Deputy Governor of Parkhurst Prison; Ex parte Hague [1992] 1 AC 58 Rook v State of New South Wales (No 3) [2015] NSWDC 154 Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262; (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 Ruddock v Taylor [2005] HCA 48; (2005) 222 CLR 612 Smith v Iffla (1881) 7 VLR (L) 435 Spautz v Butterworth (1996) 41 NSWLR 1 Sta…
SB v The State of New South Wales
[2016] NSWDC 189
Para 295
…ing at night. [449] He stated that he was in H block for 6 months and had applied for bail in about August 2012, but this was refused. [450] 444. Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 445. T 64.20 – .24 446. T 64.28 – .29 447. T 64.31 – .34 448. T 64.47 – .48 449. T 64.37 – .40 450. T 65.28 – .32…
Bulsey v State of Queensland
[2015] QCA 187
Para 4
…is land. They represent a bulwark against tyranny. They provide the general context of the present case. ” (my emphasis) cited with approval in Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 222 CLR 612 by McHugh J at [120] and Kirby J at [138].…
Price v Southern Cross Television (TNT9) Pty Ltd
[2014] TASSC 70
Para 4
…into account the plaintiff's characteristics: Young v Cooke [2013] NSWCA 79. · The plaintiff does not need to prove malice or improper motive: Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 at 272, [273]-[274]; Calabro v Western Australia (No 3) [2014] WASC 84 at [46].…
Ingrid Margaret Stephenson v Parkes Shire Council; Natalee Stephenson v Parkes Shire Council; Jay Stephenson v Parkes Shire Council; South West Helicopters Pty Limited and anor. v Essential Energy (formerly Country..
[2014] NSWSC 1758
…CLR 189 Roads and Traffic Authority NSW v Refrigerated Loadings Pty Limited [2009] NSWCA 263; (2009) 77 NSWLR 360; (2009) 53 MVR 502 Ruddick v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262 Shaw v Thomas [2010] NSWCA 169 Sheather v Country Energy [2007] NSWCA 179 Sidhu and Abnett (known as Sykes) v British Airways Plc [1997] AC 430 Socie…
State of New South Wales v Abed
[2014] NSWCA 419
Para 5
…nicated to the police officers and which led directly to the arrest of Ms Abed. Her conduct meets the description of Spigelman CJ in Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262; 58 NSWLR 269 at [35] as that of persons who "generally actively sought that result". She is a person who caused or procured an arrest to occur motiv…
Chand v Commonwealth Bank of Australia
[2014] NSWSC 708
…[1995] HCA 5 New South Wales v Nominal Defendant [2009] NSWCA 225 Paul v Cooke [2013] NSWCA 314 Robinson v Harman (1848) 1 Exch 850 Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262 Sherson & Associates v Bailey [2000] NSWCA 275 Sullivan v Moody (2001) 207 CLR 562; [2001] HCA 59 St Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne) Inc v University…
Menzies v Wheatley
[2014] NSWDC 147
Para 1
…has been considerable discussion in the Court of Appeal as to whether s 5R - s 5D accords with the common law. There are the views of Justice Ipp in Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 at [89], the author, or the architect, of the report upon which much of the Civil Liability Act is based. However, there has been doubt…
Randall v State of New South Wales
[2013] NSWDC 277
…a substantial proportion of the ultimate award must be given for what has been described as 'the initial shock of being arrested'': R uddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262 per Spigelman CJ at [49]. That substantial proportion of the ultimate award of damages could not vary to whether the detention was for about two and…
Paul v Cooke
[2013] NSWCA 311
Para 1
…5D(4), and approached the question by reference to principles developed by the common law, in accordance with what had been said in Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262; (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 at [89] (Ipp JA), noting the reservation on the part of Allsop P in Zanner v Zanner [2010] NSWCA 343; (2010) 79 NSWLR 702 at [11…
Fernando v Commonwealth of Australia (No 5)
[2013] FCA 901
Para 5
…n detention consequent upon the cancellation of a non‑citizen’s permanent residency visa. In fact, the leading case at the time on this question, Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 ( Ruddock (NSWCA)), was a case where the award of substantial damages had been approved by the New South Wales Court of Appeal. Subseqeuentl…
Telesto Investments Ltd v UBS AG
[2013] NSWSC 503
…tion Ltd v HIH Casualty and General Insurance (in liq) (2003) 254 ALR 29 Ridgeway v The Queen (1995) 184 CLR 19 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251 Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 Schnabel v Lui [2002] NSWSC 15 Spalla v St George Motor Finance Ltd (No 6) [2004] FCA 1699 Spirits International BV v Federal Treasury E…
Strategic Property Holdings No. 3 Pty Ltd v Austbrokers RWA Pty Ltd
[2012] NSWSC 1570
Para 1
…amage suffered by Strategic is not too remote from the Broker's conduct: cf Paul v Cooke [2012] NSWSC 840 per Brereton J at [57] and Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262; (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 at [87] per Ipp JA.…
Secure Parking (WA) Pty Ltd v Wilson
[2012] WASCA 230
Para 3
…evaluative judgment has as its touchstone the question of unreasonableness. As Meagher JA (Spigelman CJ & Ipp JA agreeing) said in Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262; (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 [82]: An overall requirement of an Anshun estoppel is reasonableness. It does not arise unless it was unreasonable of the party so…
The Sisters Wind Farm Pty Ltd v Moyne Shire Council
[2012] VSC 324
Para 1
…e the order of the Tribunal was akin to an order in the nature of certiorari . Such orders ‘expunge the decision and wipe the slate clean’: Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269, [21].…
Paul v Cooke
[2012] NSWSC 840
Para 1
…etermining whether there was, on the part of the defendant, "historical involvement in the plaintiff suffering actionable damage" [ Ruddock v Taylor, [2003] NSWCA 262, [86]; (2003) 58 NSWLR 269, 286 (Ipp JA)]. It requires proof that the defendant's negligence was a necessary condition of the occurrence of the parti…
Monaghan Surveyors Pty Ltd v Stratford Glen-Avon Pty Ltd
[2012] NSWCA 94
Para 1
…cording to the cause of action. Although entirely obiter, in circumstances where s 5D had no operation, Ipp JA expressed the view in Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262; 58 NSWLR 269 at [89] that s 5D embodies principles in regard to causation that "are in accord with the common law". As already noted, whether s 5D i…
Gaskin v Ollerenshaw
[2012] NSWCA 33
Para 1
…, it may require consideration of whether the statements in Woolworths were consistent with other authority in this Court, including Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262; 58 NSWLR 269 at [89]; Coastwide Fabrication & Erection Pty Ltd v Honeysett [2009] NSWCA 134 at [59] and Mobbs v Kain [2009] NSWCA 301 at [107]. Seco…
C S v Anna Biedrzycka
[2011] NSWSC 1213
Para 1
…essed the place of common sense factors in the application of s 5D. After referring to Ipp JA's comments at [85] to [89] and [92] in Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262; 58 NSWLR 269, to Graham v Hall [2006] NSWCA 208; 67 NSWLR 135 at [78], to Mobbs v Kain [2009] NSWCA 301, and to Stojan (No 9) Pty Ltd v Kenway [2009…
Zanner v Zanner
[2010] NSWCA 343
…ALJR 572 Podrebersek v Australian Iron & Steel Pty Ltd (1985) 59 ALJR 492 Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262; (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 Stojan (No 9) Pty Ltd v Kenway [2009] NSWCA 364 Tambree v Travel Compensation Fund [2004] NSWCA 24; (2004) Aust Contract Reports 90-195 Travel Compensation Fund v Tambree t/as Tambree an…
Goritsas v Bruton
[2010] NSWDC 252
…ruction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (2007) 20 VR 250; [2007] VSCA 289 Myer Store Ltd v Soo [1991] 2 VR 597 Natta v Canham (1991) 104 ALR 143 Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 Spautz v Dempsey (Supreme Court of NSW, Young J, 27 April 1993, unreported) State of New South Wales v Hathaway [2010] NSWCA 184 State of…
Lassanah v State of New South Wales (No. 3)
[2010] NSWDC 241
…JR 292; (2003) Aust Torts Reports 81-683; [2002] HCA 57 Rogers v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (2003–4) 216 CLR 327 Ruddock v Taylor [2005] HCA 48 Ruddock v Taylor (2003) 58 NSWLR 269 Sinclair v Bjelke-Petersen [1984] 1 Qd R 484 Smith v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1987) 81 ACTR 1; (1987) 86 FLR 343 Speight v Gosnay (1891) 60 LJQB…
Darcy v State of New South Wales
[2010] NSWDC 210
…97 New South Wales v Ibbett (2006) 229 CLR 638 R v Bournewood Community and Mental Health NHS Trust; ex parte L [1999] 1 AC 458 Ruddock v Taylor [2003] NSWCA 262 State of South Australia v Lampard-Trevorrow [2010] SASC 56 Trobridge v Hardy (1955) 94 CLR 147 PARTIES: Joanne Darcy by her tutor Diane Aldridge (Plainti…