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Strip-search class action for NSW Police

NSW Police could face a large compensation bill if a class action lawsuit alleging unlawful searches took place at a popular music festival is successful.

28 November 2021

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NSW Police face stripsearch lawsuit from Splendour in the Grass attendees

Lawyers believe hundreds of young people, including teenagers, were unlawfully stripsearched at Splendour in the Grass between 2016 and 2019 and are calling for them to join a class action to sue NSW Police.

17 November 2021

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RLC in the Media: People strip searched at Splendour in the Grass could be entitled to thousands in compensation in class action

Young people strip searched unlawfully at Splendour in the Grass are urged to join a landmark class action against NSW Police

16 November 2021

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RLC in the Media: Class action investigation launched into police strip searches at Splendour in the Grass

Lawyers have launched a class action investigation into what they believe could be hundreds of "unlawful" strip searches of music festival patrons by NSW Police.

16 November 2021

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RLC in the Media: Splendour In The Grass attendees in push for compensation over ‘unlawful’ strip searches

Redfern Legal Centre and Slater & Gordon Lawyers have today announced that they’ll be launching a class action investigation into unlawful strip searching by police at Splendour In The Grass in recent years.

16 November 2021

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RLC in the Media: Redfern Legal Centre police powers solicitor ‘bombarded’ by calls from people who’ve been wrongly fined under COVID-19 public health orders

NSW Police have dropped just 22 of more than 34,000 fines issued for COVID-19 breaches in the first eight months of the year.

16 October 2021

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RLC in the Media: Do you think you've been hit with an unfair COVID fine?

Redfern Legal Centre's Police Accountability solicitor, Samantha Lee, spoke to A Current Affair about the number of calls the centre has been receiving about potentially unlawful Covid-19 fines.

8 October 2021

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RLC in the Media: ‘Ridiculous’: NSW police accused of handing out unfair Covid fines and targeting young people

Legal centres are being ‘bombarded’ by people who say they’ve been wrongly fined for lockdown breaches.

7 October 2021

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RLC in the Media: “Majority” of COVID fines in NSW are bogus, expert claims

The Australian Criminal and Family Lawyers (ACFL) is challenging several New South Wales Police powers under the COVID-19 public health orders in the Supreme Court.

4 October 2021

A closeup of a thumb holding a fines notice that says is large blue capital letters: "Pay Now"

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RLC in the Media: NSW Police powers challenged

The Australian Criminal and Family Lawyers (ACFL) is challenging several New South Wales Police powers under the COVID-19 public health orders in the Supreme Court.

4 October 2021

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Topics

Strip-search class action for NSW Police

NSW Police face stripsearch lawsuit from Splendour in the Grass attendees

RLC in the Media: People strip searched at Splendour in the Grass could be entitled to thousands in compensation in class action

RLC in the Media: Class action investigation launched into police strip searches at Splendour in the Grass

RLC in the Media: Splendour In The Grass attendees in push for compensation over ‘unlawful’ strip searches

RLC in the Media: Redfern Legal Centre police powers solicitor ‘bombarded’ by calls from people who’ve been wrongly fined under COVID-19 public health orders

RLC in the Media: Do you think you've been hit with an unfair COVID fine?

RLC in the Media: ‘Ridiculous’: NSW police accused of handing out unfair Covid fines and targeting young people

RLC in the Media: “Majority” of COVID fines in NSW are bogus, expert claims

RLC in the Media: NSW Police powers challenged

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