Immigration detainee freed after landmark High Court ruling sues the Commonwealth for false imprisonment
Ex-detainee to sue the Commonwealth for false imprisonmentIranian man, 46, could not be deported to his country of origin READ MORE: Pregnant prison guard allegedly had relationship with inmate
A former immigration detainee will sue the Commonwealth for false imprisonment after being released from detention following a landmark High Court ruling.
The Iranian man, 46, had been jailed and held for 18 months in detention because he could not be deported to his country of origin after time served in prison.
A writ was lodged in the West Australian Supreme Court just days after the federal budget was handed down, in which the government allocated $5.6million to cover legal costs that arose from the High Court decision.
Solicitor general Stephen Donaghue said if indefinite detention was ruled unlawful then lawsuits from detainees would be inevitable.
A former immigration detainee will sue the Commonwealth for false imprisonment (pictured, Villawood Immigration Detention Centre)
The issue has become a burden for the federal government, which has faced increased scrutiny after one of the detainees released after the High Court ruling was involved in a violent home invasion.
Kuwaiti-born Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan, 43, was recently charged for his alleged involvement in the brutal bashing and burglary of an elderly couple in Perth, Ninette and Philip Simons.
Mr Jamshidi Doukoshkan has been remanded in custody to face court again in June for a string of offences resulting from the incident.
The 43-year-old, was also accused of breaching his curfew - one of the strict visa conditions placed on the cohort, was not wearing an ankle monitor at the time.
Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan (pictured) was one of the immigration detainees released from detention after the High Court ruling NZYQ. He is not the man suing the Commonwealth
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