Gamage v Riashi & Anor. [2023] NSWSC 390

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Gamage v Riashi & Anor. [2023] NSWSC 390 Hearing dates: 31 March 2023; further written submissions (by the plaintiff) filed 3 April 2023. Date of orders: 19 April 2023 Decision date: 19 April 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Chen J Decision: (1) Order that the plaintiff's summons filed 21 November 2022 be dismissed. (2) Order that the plaintiff's notice of motion filed 20 March 2023 be dismissed. (3) Order that the plaintiff pay the first defendant's costs on a submitting basis. (4) Order that the plaintiff pay the second defendant's costs of the summons filed 21 November 2022 and notice of motion filed 20 March 2023. Catchwords: CIVIL LAW – summons challenging validity of search warrant, and seeking its production – where criminal proceedings pending before Local Court – whether proceedings abuse of process by causing fragmentation of criminal proceedings Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 (NSW) Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NSW) Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (Cth) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Allen v Ewing [2017] NSWSC 1696 Chief Executive Officer of Customs v Jiang (2001) 111 FCR 395; [2001] FCA 145 Commissioner of Police, NSW v Taleb (2019) 276 A Crim R 192; [2019] NSWSC 21 Flanagan v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (1996) 60 FCR 149; [1996] FCA 16 Gedeon v Commissioner of the New South Wales Crime Commission (2008) 236 CLR 120; [2008] HCA 43 Gould v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) (2018) 359 ALR 142; [2018] NSWCCA 109 Grollo v Palmer (1995) 184 CLR 348; [1995] HCA 26 Hamzy v Commissioner of Corrective Services (No 1) [2017] NSWSC 183 Hausfeld v Commissioner of Police [2018] NSWSC 1540 Landsman v The Queen (2014) 88 NSWLR 534; [2014] NSWCCA 328 Murphy v The Queen (1989) 167 CLR 94; [1989] HCA 28 NSW Commissioner of Police v Zurich Australian Insurance Ltd (2016) 95 NSWLR 117; [2016] NSWCA 365 Ousley v The Queen (1997) 192 CLR 69; [1997] HCA 49 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355; [1998] HCA 28 R v Cranston (No 3) [2020] NSWSC 1103 R v Simmons; R v Moore (No 3) [2015] NSWSC 189 Sankey v Whitlam (1978) 142 CLR 1; [1978] HCA 43 Taylor v Owners - Strata Plan No 11564 (2014) 253 CLR 531; [2014] HCA 9 The Queen v Rolfe (2021) 95 ALJR 975; [2021] HCA 38 Thiess v Collector of Customs (2014) 250 CLR 664; [2014] HCA 12 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Don Gamage (plaintiff) (self-represented) Michael Riashi (first defendant) Independent Commission Against Corruption (second defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr A Bhasin (second defendant)