R v ED [2022] NSWDC 142

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v ED [2022] NSWDC 142 Hearing dates: 27 April 2022 Date of orders: 3 May 2022 Decision date: 03 May 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraph 114 Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – procedure – alleged historical sex offences – documents produced on subpoena relating to a complainant – sexual assault communications privilege - whether leave should be granted to accused to access privileged documents Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) s 8(1)(a) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) ss 293, 295, 296, 298, 299, 300 Cases Cited: ER v Khan [2015] NSWCCA 230 KS v Veitch (No.2) (2012) 300 ALR 181 NAR v PPC1 [2013] NSWCCA 25 PPC v Stylianou [2018] NSWCCA 300 PPC v Williams (2013) 224 A Crim R 555 Texts Cited: J Brett, The Enigmatic Mr Deakin (2017) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions Mr ED (accused) Principal Protected Confider (PPC) Representation: Counsel: Mr M Gleeson for the ODPP Ms S Jeliba for the accused

Solicitors: Ms E Blackburn for the ODPP Ms C Chua for the accused Mr E Hulme for the PPC File Number(s): 2020/00147592 Publication restriction: Name of accused and PPC anonymised pursuant to s 8(1)(a) of the Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW)