Federal Court judge arrested

Sydney detectives investigating claims former Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld misled a court over a speeding fine have made an arrest.

Without naming Mr Einfeld, NSW Police on Thursday said a 67-year-old Woollahra man had been arrested by detectives attached to Strike Force Chanter.

The strike force was established in August 2006 to investigate allegations Mr Einfeld gave false evidence to avoid a speeding fine after his car was caught by a speed camera in January last year.

The speeding charge against him was dismissed in the Downing Centre Local Court on August 7 after he said he had loaned his car to an old friend, US-based academic Professor Teresa Brennan, whom he said had since died.