QLD Bringing a false complaint. Any recourse?

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Rod

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Just be careful , because I just got charged for starting legal proceedings against a witness for defamation.
With what charge? Witness tampering?
 

Rod

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What Act and section? Probably best to put answer in your post rather than hijack the Op's post.

The police seem to have it for you.
 

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If you have evidence of the falsity of witness statements s.323 Crimes Act 1990 NSW the charge is unlikely to be successful.

Are you going to use a lawyer for the multiple action that are now going on? If so, speak to them about seeking a costs order if/when you win.
 

TonyDJ

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there seem to be endless ways to go backwards and suffer further loss. It's incredible that the victim is the one who has to put forward resources and risk all to try to get justice.
 

DO_UNTO_OTHERS

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‘Until you have this sort of thing happen to you… ‘

Sorry to hear you’ve gone through this. Assuming the case is as you claim your words are so sad but so very true that there’s no point even trying to explain what affect it has on you.

It’s no excuse for QPS to say ‘we don’t want to discourage genuine r**e cases coming forward’ either… If QPS suspect an intentionally false allegation has been made do what’s necessary to have the matter heard through the same legal process that the person falsely accused would have had to endure. To do anything less isn’t discouraging genuine r**e cases from coming forward any more than it is discouraging people with false allegations not to