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A 70-year-old Indigenous man from Queensland was recently awarded $130,000 in damages for a malicious prosecution in 1993. But that compensation only covers eight days of incarceration. Terry Irving spent nearly five years in jail before the High Court ultimately quashed his conviction for armed robbery. For that subsequent period he has received no compensation.
CATCHWORDS - LEGAL PRACTITIONERS - application to annul bankruptcy - appellant's legal representative before primary judge had conflict of interest - consideration of health issues and breakdown of solicitor-client relationship - legal representative largest creditor in appellant's bankrupt estate - implied jurisdiction of a court to restrain solicitors
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