Judge who falsely imprisoned man during property settlement faces second claim of wrongly jailing man

Lawyers to push forward with action against Salvatore Vasta after federal court found he committed ‘serious and fundamental errors’ in separate Mr Stradford case

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Lawyers for a second man who alleges he was falsely imprisoned by judge Salvatore Vasta say they will press forward with their case in the wake of a damning judgment denying him judicial immunity on Wednesday.

The federal court on Wednesday found in favour of a man, known only as “Mr Stradford”, who alleged he was falsely imprisoned by Vasta during a routine property settlement dispute in 2018.

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