Peak lawyers body renews call for federal complaints commission after inferior court judge found personally liable for false imprisonment
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Australia’s peak lawyers body has called for reform to judicial immunity and reiterated its support for a federal complaints body after a landmark case finding a sitting judge personally liable for false imprisonment.
Earlier this week, the federal court ruled inferior court judge Salvatore Vasta falsely imprisoned a man, known only as Mr Stradford, and should not be afforded the usual immunity from civil liability afforded to members of the bench.