R v Thomas; R v Tony [2024] NSWChC 2

Children's Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Thomas; R v Tony [2024] NSWChC 2 Hearing dates: 4 April, 10 April 2024 Date of orders: 10 April 2024 Decision date: 10 April 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Children's Magistrate Hayes Decision: Application dismissed Catchwords: CHILDREN – Criminal Law – Committal - Charge certificate – Abuse of process - Stay Legislation Cited: Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Justice Legislation Amendment (Committals and Guilty Pleas) Act 2017 (NSW) Cases Cited: Barton v R [1980] HCA 48 Black v R [2022] NSWCCA 17 Jago v The District Court of New South Wales and Others [1989] HCA 46 Kolalich v DPP (NSW) [1991] HCA 47 Moevao v. Department of Labour [1980] 1 NZLR 464 Ridgeway v The Queen [1995] HCA 66 Rogers v The Queen [1994] HCA 42 Tony Strickland (a pseudonym) v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions [2018] HCA 53 Walton v Gardiner [1993] HCA 77 Williams v Spautz [1992] HCA 34 Zahed v DPP (NSW) [2023] NSWSC 368 Texts Cited: NSW, Legislative Assembly, Debates, 11 October 2017 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Rex (Crown) Thomas (Young Person) Tony (Young Person) Representation: Counsel: Mr Spohr (Counsel for Thomas - Applicant) Ms Kennedy (Counsel for Tony - Applicant) Mr Christoff (Crown Prosecutor – for the Respondent) File Number(s): 2023/79239 and 2023/79178 Publication restriction: Pseudonyms have been used to protect the identity of the Young Persons.