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Class action lawyers believe hundreds of young Australians were unlawfully strip-searched at Splendour In The Grass festivals between 2016 and 2019, and are calling for these people to join the case against the New South Wales Police.

Investigators from Redfern Legal Centre and Slater and Gordon Lawyers are looking into unlawful Police searches at the Splendour in the Grass music festival.

RLC is taking a different avenue in challenging rising strip search use, as it announced last week that it’s teamed up with Slater and Gordon to run a class action on behalf of Splendour in the Grass patrons who may have been subjected to an illegal strip search

Redfern Legal Centre and Slater and Gordon Lawyer believe festival-goers who were unlawfully searched by NSW Police could be entitled to “substantial” compensation as part of a monumental class action case.

Lawyers from Slater and Gordon and Redfern Legal Centre who are launching a class action investigation into potentially unlawful searches by New South Wales Police at Splendour in the Grass have detailed their investigation to NME, saying they aim to file proceedings by next year.

Redfern Legal Centre and Slater and Gordon Lawyers on Tuesday announced a class action investigation into the alleged unlawful police searches at Splendour in the Grass from 2016 to 2019.

Lawyers believe hundreds of young people, including teenagers, were unlawfully stripsearched at Splendour in the Grass between 2016 and 2019 and are calling for them to join a class action to sue NSW Police.

Splendour in the Grass patrons who were unlawfully searched by NSW Police could each be entitled to substantial compensation, class action investigators from Redfern Legal Centre and Slater + Gordon Lawyers have revealed today. People affected by serious breaches could potentially be entitled to tens of thousands of dollars each.

Redfern Legal Centre and Slater & Gordon Lawyers have today announced that they’ll be launching a class action investigation into unlawful strip searching by police at Splendour In The Grass in recent years.

Young people strip searched unlawfully at Splendour in the Grass are urged to join a landmark class action against NSW Police