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Miklos Bolza

Govts appeal $300k award for wrongful jailing by judge

Queensland and federal governments are appealing findings in a case against Judge Vasta (centre). (Tony Phillips/AAP PHOTOS)

A man's $300,000 damages award for being wrongfully jailed by a judge during divorce proceedings could be under threat with the federal and Queensland governments mounting a legal challenge.

In a landmark judgment delivered in August, the Federal Court found that Judge Salvatore Vasta was liable to personally pay part of the compensation offered to the Brisbane man, known only by the pseudonym Mr Stradford.

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