Federal Court of Australia
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CATCHWORDS
Administrative law - Judicial Review - Committal proceedirgs - Legal professional privilege - Access by defendant and
advisers to statements of prosecution witnesses - Discretion.
CHOO CHENG KUI v. KENNETH QUINN, JACK N. RYDER AND
ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
No. 328 of 1984
Fox, McGreger and Beaumont, JJ. 25 September 1984.
In THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT PEGISTRY
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GENERAL DIVISION No. 328 of 1984
BETWEEN : CHOO CHENG KUI ss Applicant AND: KENNETH QUINN
First Respondent
AND: JACK N. RYDER Second Respondent AND: ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR THE
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Third Respondent
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Judges making order: Fox, McGregor and Beaument, JJ. Date order made: 25 September 1984.
Where made: Sydney.
THE COURT ORDERS THAT:
1. The Court declinss to answer aquesticn3s 1 to 5 in
the special case and answers question 6 in the negative.
2. The appellant pay one-half of the costs or the
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second and third respondents of the special case.
3. The proceedings be remitted to Beaumont,
dismissal of the application.
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IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
) ) NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY ) No. 328 of i984 ) )
GENERAL DIVISION
BETWEEN : "* CHOO CHENG KUI
Applicant
AND:
KENNETH QUINN First Respondent
AND:
JACK N, RYD
Second Respondent
AND:
ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR _THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Third Respondent
CORAM: FOX, McGREGOR and BEAUMONT JJ. DATE 25 Sertember 1984
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT FOX
This special case has been stated by a judce of the Court hearing an application under the Administrative Decisions
(Judicial Peview) Act 1977. The application yreiates to
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committal proceedings against the applicant. The first respondent is the presiding Magistrate, and the second respondent an informant. Several informations, with more than one informant, are being heard at the one time. The offences charged concern drug trafficking, and several witnesses have been broucht from England by the prosecution to qive evidence. The details of the facts are more fully dealt with in the reasons for judgement
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