Raya fought back after being forced to strip. She’s had a huge win

Police law reforms urged after strip search 'reckoning'

A state government has been urged to overhaul police powers at music festivals after a court found a...

Woman awarded nearly $100,000 over unlawful strip search, paving way for class action

A young woman who was unlawfully strip-searched at a New South Wales music festival has been awarded almost $100,000 in damages. The supreme court ruling found Raya Meredith was subjected to "humiliating treatment" at the hands of police. The case was brought against the state and the finding paves the way for thousands more claimants who have joined a class action.

Raya fought back after being forced to strip. She’s had a huge win

Raya Meredith could not have known when she bought a ticket to the Splendour in the Grass music festival in July 2018 that it would end in a landmark lawsuit. The class action was led by Slater and Gordon Lawyers and Redfern Legal Centre.

'Egregious': Judge awards plaintiff $93K in strip search class action against NSW Police

Save (1) Please login to bookmarkClose Username or Email Address Password Remember Me A judge has ordered the NSW government to pay $93,000 in damages to the lead plaintiff in a class action over police strip searches at music festivals, finding a “conspicuous deficiency” in the training of officers.  Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.Already a subscriber? Username or Email Address Password Remember Me…

Woman Awarded $93k In Damages After ‘Humiliating’ & Illegal Strip Search At Splendour

.cls-1{fill:#000000;}.cls-2{fill:#fff50d;fill-rule:evenodd;} CONTENT WARNING: This article contains distressing content. A woman who NSW Police illegally strip-searched at Splendour In The Grass 2018 has been awarded $93,000 in a landmark case that lawyers say “is the largest class action to have been brought against any police force in Australian history”. On Tuesday, the NSW Supreme Court found that police “did not have reasonable groun…