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Irving v Pfingst[2020] QSC 280

CITATION: Irving v Pfingst [2020] QSC 280
JUDGE(S): Brown J
DELIVERED ON: 10 September 2020
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Editorial Notes

  • Published Case Name:

    Irving v Pfingst

  • Shortened Case Name:

    Irving v Pfingst

  • MNC:

    [2020] QSC 280

  • Court:

    QSC

  • Judge(s):

    Brown J

  • Date:

    10 Sep 2020

  • White Star Case:

    Yes

Litigation History

EventCitation or FileDateNotes
Primary Judgment[2020] QSC 28010 Sep 2020Trial of claim for damages for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution brought against former detective and State of Queensland; relevant charges concerned bank robbery in 1993; plaintiff claimed malicious prosecution of charge of being accessory after fact of robbery (subsequently withdrawn) and later charge of having committed robbery himself (as to latter charge, see litigation history of [1994] QCA 188); claim dismissed: Brown J.
Appeal Determined (QCA)[2021] QCA 28014 Dec 2021Plaintiff’s appeal against [2020] QSC 280 allowed in part; judgment for plaintiff on claim of malicious prosecution of accessory charge for damages to be assessed: Fraser and McMurdo JJA (Mullins JA dissenting).
Appeal Determined (QCA)[2022] QCA 1918 Feb 2022Costs judgment following [2021] QCA 280: Fraser JA, McMurdo JA, Mullins JA.
Special Leave Refused (HCA)[2022] HCATrans 11417 Jun 2022Applications for special leave to appeal dismissed with costs: Keane and Edelman JJ.

Appeal Status

Appeal Determined - Special Leave Refused (HCA)

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