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PRESS RELEASE – Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers

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PRESS RELEASE

Published 24 Oct 2011
Maithri Panagoda

Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers act for Mr. Prashant Cherkupalli who was found by the Australian Human Rights Commission to have been arbitrarily detained at the Villawood Detention Centre for some 509 days.

Police powers to enter and remain on private property – ABC Radio National

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In the case of Murat Kuru, the High Court found that police overstepped the mark after being called out to a suspected domestic violence assault.

Legitimate enquiries snowballed into harassment and trespass. So what can and can’t police do when investigating a possible crime?

Q-fever victim receives large payout figure – Mudgee Guardian

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Newspaper : Mudgee Guardian

Date: 23.07.2003

$190,000 for family hanged man – press clipping

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Stolen Generation: Time-frame for damages claims debatable

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By Maithri Panagoda

Maithri Panagoda is a solicitor with Carroll and O’Dea in Sydney.

June 2000 – Law Society

IN A LANDMARK DECISION MR Justice Rolfe of the Supreme Court of New South Wales has made very important findings in a case brought by Christopher Johnson, one of the ‘stolen generation’.