R v Macdonald; R v Maitland (No 8) [2022] NSWSC 1421

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Macdonald; R v Maitland (No 8) [2022] NSWSC 1421 Hearing dates: 17 October 2022 (written submissions 19 October 2022) Date of orders: 20 October 2022 Decision date: 20 October 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Dhanji J Decision: See [47]-[48] Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – trial – judge alone – directions – elements CRIME – wilful misconduct in public office – elements – misconduct – but for test – whether causation alone is sufficient to establish misconduct – whether the improper purpose has to be the "driving force", "moving cause" or "real reason" for the decision – circumstantial evidence – whether need to exclude any reasonable hypothesis that the decision was made for a permissible purpose – need for precision – improper purpose must be the driving force Legislation Cited: Mining Act 1992 (NSW) Cases Cited: Maitland v R; Macdonald v R (2019) 99 NSWLR 376; [2019] NSWCCA 32 Mills v Mills (1938) 60 CLR 150; [1938] HCA 4 Obeid v R (2015) 91 NSWLR 226; [2015] NSWCCA 309 Obeid v R (2017) 96 NSWLR 155; [2017] NSWCCA 221 R v Dytham [1979] QB 722 R v Llewellyn-Jones (1966) 51 Cr App R 4 R v Macdonald; R v Maitland [2017] NSWSC 337 R v Obeid (No 12) [2016] NSWSC 1815 R v Quach (2010) 27 VR 310; [2010] VSCA 106 R v Speechley [2005] 2 Cr App R (S) 15; [2004] EWCA Crim 3067 Shum Kwok Sher v Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (2002) 5 HKCFAR 381 Sin Kam Wah v Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (2005) 8 HKCFAR 192 Thompson v The Council of the Municipality of Randwick (1950) 81 CLR 87; [1950] HCA 33 Whitehouse v Carlton Hotel Pty Ltd (1987) 162 CLR 285; [1987] HCA 11 Texts Cited: Professor P D Finn, "Public Officers: Some Personal Liabilities" (1977) 51 Australian Law Journal 313 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Rex (Crown) Ian Michael Macdonald (Accused) John William Maitland (Accused) Representation: Counsel: P Hogan (Crown) R Rajalingam (Macdonald)