R v VASICEK (Costs) [2023] NSWDC 515

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v VASICEK (Costs) [2023] NSWDC 515 Hearing dates: 6 October 2023 Date of orders: 24 November 2023 Decision date: 24 November 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Lerve DCJ Decision: Certificate pursuant to s. 2(1) of the Costs In Criminal Cases Act, 1967 granted Catchwords: Application for costs following trial – verdicts of not guilty – social media exchanges between the applicant and complainant severely impacting on complainant's credibility – not reasonable to continue proceedings once social media exchanges became known Legislation Cited: Costs in Criminal Cases Act, 1967 Cases Cited: Allerton v DPP (1991) 53 A Crim R 33 Constantinidis v R, Lazar v R (Costs) [2022] NSWCCA 248 Higgins v R (No 2) [2022] NSWCCA 82 Mordaunt v Director of Public Prosecutions (2007) 171 A Crim R 510; [2007] NSWCA 121 Nadilo v DPP & Anor (1995) 77 A Crim R 537 Pavy v R (1997) 98 A Crim R 396 R v Manley (2000) 112 A Crim R 570 R v Moore [2015] NSWSC 1263 Category: Consequential orders Parties: Rex (Respondent) Josha VASICEK (Applicant) Representation: Counsel: Mr R Keller for the Applicant Mr P Kerr for the Respondent

Solicitors: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions Barron Law File Number(s): 2022/50833 Publication restriction: There is to be no publication of the name of the complainant or anything that may tend to identify them.