R v Campbell; R v Waters [2023] NSWDC 626

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Campbell; R v Waters [2023] NSWDC 626 Hearing dates: 9 May 2023 Date of orders: 11 May 2023 Decision date: 11 May 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Mahony SC DCJ Decision: Applications refused, and Notices of Motion dismissed. For orders see [94] and [95]. Catchwords: Pre-trial applications for a declaration of invalidity of authorisation of a Major Controlled Operation pursuant to s15GI of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth); for orders to exclude evidence obtained as a result of the Major Controlled Operation and for a permanent stay of proceedings. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Law Enforcement (Controlled Operations) Act 1997 (NSW) Cases Cited: CanWest Global Communications Corp v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1997] FCR 540 Commissioner of Police, NSW v Taleb (2019) 276 A Crim R 192; [2019] NSWSC 21 Dowe v NSW Crime Commission (2007) 117 A Crim R 44 Gedeon and Dowe v Commissioner of the NSW Crime Commission (2008) 236 CLR 120; [2008] HCA 43 Gould v Director of Public Prosecution (Cth) (2018) 273 A Crim R 91; [2018] NSWCCA 109 GS v R; Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v GS [2022] NSWCCA 65 La Rocca v R [2023] NSWCCA 45 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li (2013) 249 CLR 332 Ousley v The Queen (1997) 192 CLR 69 Palmer v State of Western Australia (2021) 95 ALJR 229 Prior v Mole (2017) 261 CLR 265 R v A2 (2019) 269 CLR 507; [2019] HCA 35 Ridgeway v The Queen (1995) 184 CLR 19 Taleb v R [2019] NSWSC 241 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Commonwealth Department of Public Prosecutions (The Crown) David Edward John Campbell (Co-accused) Tristan Edward Egon Sebastian Waters (Co-accused) Representation: Counsel: Mr S Flood (Crown) Mr M Varley (Crown) Mr R Driels (Co-accused Campbell) Mr D Dalton SC (Co-accused Waters) Mr P Hogan (Co-accused Waters)