Johnston & Ors v Carroll (Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service) & Anor; Witthahn & Ors v Wakefield (Chief Executive of Hospital and Health Services and Director General of Queensland Health); Sutton & Ors v Carroll (Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service) [2024] QSC 2
29-2-24 / Michael Hodge KC, Scott McLeod KC — Class Actions, Human Rights & Discrimination, Judicial Review & Administrative
Michael Hodge KC and Scott McLeod KC (with BI McMillan, RH Berry and PH Nevard) appeared for the respondent, instructed by Crown Law. The full judgment can be found here.
21-11-23 / Scott McLeod KC, Matthew Wilkinson — Judicial Review & Administrative, Human Rights & Discrimination
The plaintiff was a former police officer who sued the State of Queensland and other police officers for damages for and alleged reprisal. He alleged that the police officers had taken reprisal action against him because he complained of alleged "official misconduct" committed by another police officer. The plaintiff claimed…
21-8-23 / Scott McLeod KC — Human Rights & Discrimination
The proceeding was managed on the self-represented litigants list and concerned two applications. The first application before the court was by the plaintiff, Ms McEwan, for leave to issue a subpoena. The second was an application by the respondents to list an interlocutory application for hearing. Scott McLeod KC (leading…
15-8-23 / Matthew Jones KC — Judicial Review & Administrative, Human Rights & Discrimination
In this judicial review proceeding, Matthew Jones appeared pro bono for a foreign citizen who had been convicted of manslaughter. Rangiah J considered, among other things, whether a conclusion by the Minister that the applicant posed a risk of violent offending was legally unreasonable when the underlying manslaughter conviction had…
