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BDMINISTRATIVE LAN ~ application for judicial review of decision of

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applicant charged with conspiracy - decision of Magistrate to

follow terms of s. 41 of Judiciary Act and either discharge or find prima facie case against applicant before completion of prosecution evidence against all alleaged co-conspirators = whether decision susceptible of being reviewed - principles involved in review of such decisions.

Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act, 1977

SAMUEL FERMIA v. DERRICK HAND ESO. & WILLIAM RAYMOND DONALDSON G. 119 of 1984

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BETWEEN : SAMUEL FERMIA * Applicant AND: DERRICK HAND ESQ. First Respondent WILLIAM RAYMOND DONALDSON Second Respondent LOCKHART J. 19 April 1984 Sydney ORDER THE COURT ORDERS THAT: l- The application be dismissed. 2. The apolicant pay the costs of the first respondent as a

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BETWEEN : SAMUEL, FERMIA Applicant AND: DERRICK HAND ESO.

First Respondent

WILLIAM RAYMOND DONALDSON™

Second Respondent CORAM : LOCKHART J. 19 April 1984

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

LOCKHART J. This is an application under the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (the "Judicial Review Act") for an order of review of a decision of the first respondent, a stipendary magistrate, in the course or lengthy committal proceedings against the applicant Samuel Fermia and others, relating to charges for conspiracy to import heroin into Australia from Hong Kong. The evidence gives only the broadest account of the committal vroceedings, the charges against the applicant and the other persons the subject of those proceedings. This is not surprising because the committal proceedings were commenced in November 19983 and have continued since then,