Watch the hearing live from 10am Monday May 5
Redfern Legal Centre Supervising Solicitor Sam Lee said:
“This is an important step in holding NSW Police accountable for the degrading strip searches that thousands of festival goers were subjected to.
For decades, people have been humiliated, intimidated, and often left traumatised by these experiences, with police officers abusing their powers.
This class action is about securing justice for those individuals and ending these invasive and unlawful practices.
This isn’t just about music festivals — it’s about everyone’s rights and the need for police to follow the law. Strip searches should never have been allowed to become routine practice.”
Rory Walsh, Practice Group Leader of Class Actions at Slater and Gordon said:
“The lawfulness of those searches will be the focus of evidence.
Over three thousand group members have registered with our firm to date in respect of this proceeding.”
