R v Sun [2021] NSWDC 834

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Sun [2021] NSWDC 834 Decision date: 16 March 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Bennett SC DCJ Decision: (1) Decline to grant access to information in the nature of that sought expressly, or by implication, and over which the Crown, in right of the State of New South Wales, claimed public interest immunity on behalf of the Commissioner of Police Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Public interest immunity Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986 Drug Misuse & Trafficking Act 1985 Evidence Act 1995 Jury Act 1977 Law Enforcement (Controlled Operations) Act 1997 Cases Cited: Allstate Life Insurance Co v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (No 3) (1996) 64 FCR 55 Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden [2002] NSWCA 419 Attorney General (NSW) v Stuart (1994) 75 ACrimR 8 Grey v R [2001] HCA 65 R v Amo and Amuna [1963] P&NGLR 22 R v JF [2009] ACTSC 104 Tim Barr Pty Ltd v Narui Gold Coast Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 637 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Regina (Crown) Young Hoon Sun (Accused) Representation: Kay Marinos (Crown Prosecutor) Mahmoud Mando (Counsel for the Offender) Sarah Love (Counsel for the NSW Commissioner of Police on Public Interest Immunity) Peter McGrath SC (NSW Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions on Public Interest Immunity)