No new clowns trial
PA Auckland Jurors made the right decision when they awarded damages to three clowns injured by police during the 1981 Springbok tour, Mr Justice Prichard has said in a judgment. He refused an application by the police asking him to grant a fresh trial on the grounds that the exemplary
damages were excessive. The trio, Jacques Monroe, Glenn Brynley Spiller and Janina Kaye Adamiak, were each awarded 510,000 after they sued the police in the High Court at Auckland last April. His Honour said he had some misgivings but was of the view that the jury was correct when it concluded that the assaults on the
clowns were unlawful and deserving of exemplary damages. He said the amount awarded exceeded the amount he would have awarded if the decision had been his. He declined to grant the application for a fresh trial and awarded the clowns 51250 costs for the hearing of the application.
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Press, 1 April 1985, Page 20
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