Brendan Thoms is suing the Australian Government for $4.1million for holding him in immigration detention for over 500 days.
Thoms lawyer, Claire Gibbs, says her client suffered from stress while being detained, calling the case a serious infringement of human rights; the High Court has rulled First Nations peoples are exempt from immigration laws under alien powers in the constitution.
Thoms is a Gunggarri man of South-East Queensland born in New Zealand, he lived in Australia since he was six but never became a citizen,Thoms filed for false imprisionment after being released in February.