Last week, the PNG Supreme Court upheld the right of Manus detainees to seek damages for the breach of their constitutional rights including the deprivation of liberty.
The ruling followed the court's decision in April 2016 that their detention was unlawful.
In September, the Australian government agreed to pay $US50 million in compensation to Manus detainees, and it was suggested men receiving that payout would not qualify for further damages.
But the lawyer Ben Lomai said that was not so.
