Jolley v DPP [2020] NSWSC 1406

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Jolley v DPP [2020] NSWSC 1406 Hearing dates: 9 October 2020 Date of orders: 9 October 2020 Decision date: 09 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: N Adams J Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) Appeal allowed. (3) Set aside Magistrate Giles' order made on 14 July 2020 granting access to notes produced by Amanda Gordon of Armchair Psychology in response to the subpoena issued by Detective Rawling and first returned on 8 January 2020. (4) No order as to costs. Catchwords: STATUTORY APPEAL – appeal from decision of the Local Court under s 53(3)(b) of the Crimes (Appeal and Review Act 2001 – whether question of law – meaning of "interlocutory order" – nature of test under 126B of the Evidence Act – exclusion of evidence of protected confidences – error conceded Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 93Q(1), s 93R(1), s 192E(1)(b), s 547B(1), Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW), s 53(3)(b) Criminal Appeal Act 1912( NSW), s 5F Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 126B, s 131A Local Court Rules 2009 (NSW), r 8.8 Cases Cited: AF v R [2015] NSWCCA 35 Attorney-General for New South Wales v Stuart (1994) 34 NSWLR 667 Attorney-General v Chidgey (2008) 182 A Crim R 536; [2008] NSWCCA 65 Attorney-General v Lipton (2012) 224 A Crim R 177; [2012] NSWCCA 156 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Kinghorn; Kinghorn v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) (2020) 279 ALR 345; [2020] NSWCCA 48 Director-General, Dept of Community Services v D [2006] NSWSC 827; (2006) 66 NSWLR 582 Fantakis v Local Court of New South Wales [2020] NSWSC 931 Feeney v New South Wales Police [2016] NSWSC 1708 Franklin v Commissioner of Police and Anor [2018] NSWSC 310 Mackintosh v The Commissioner of Police (NSW) and Ors [2010] NSWSC 1064 National Employers' Mutual General Insurance Association Ltd v Waind and Hill (1978) 1 NSWLR 372 Osborne v R (2014) 238 A Crim R 417; [2014] NSWCCA 17 PPC v Stylianou [2018] NSWCCA 300 R v Steffan (1993) 30 NSWLR 633 Salter v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (2009) 75 NSWLR 392; [2009] NSWCA 357 Urquhart v Lanham [2003] NSWSC 109 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Dianne Jolley (Appellant) Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: L Rowan (Applicant) B Baker (Respondent)