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Abe Maddison

UNCOVERED: High court to rule on immunity over judge s error | History Defined

Judge Salvatore Vasta won't have to compensate a man he wrongly jailed, after a High Court decision. (Tony Phillips/AAP PHOTOS)

A judge who was ordered to pay compensation after being held personally liable for wrongly jailing a man during a divorce case is off the hook after a landmark High Court ruling.  

The Brisbane man, known by the pseudonym Mr Stradford, sued Federal Circuit Court Judge Salvatore Vasta, who had jailed him for contempt and was later awarded $309,000 compensation. 

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