Did Victoria Police spray you with capsicum spray at the IMARC protest on 30 October 2019? You may be entitled to compensation. You will need to register by 13 July 2026 to continue your claim. If you do not register you cannot pursue your claim in the class action. Click here for more information and…
Contact Phi Finney McDonald at: https://phifinneymcdonald.com/action/imarc-class-action/
Melbourne Activist Legal Support (MALS) welcomes the class action against Victoria Police’s use of capsicum spray and excessive force against protesters at the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) in Melbourne in October 2019.
The legal support offered by Blockade IMARC was remarkable in its ongoing commitment to the entirety of the process. This is rare in activist groups who all too often ‘abandon’ activists to deal with the court system by themselves long after the action has served its purpose.
Download a PDF copy of this 45 page report here. Media: Legal observers find police ‘set tone of violence’ at anti-mining protests. Benjamin Miller, The Age, December 7, 2019. Executive Summary The police tactics, approaches and the behaviour of individual police members during the IMARC protest events from Tuesday 29th to Thursday 31st October demonstrated…
