State of New South Wales v Hamze (Final) [2025] NSWSC 6

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Hamze (Final) [2025] NSWSC 6 Hearing dates: 12 December 2024 Date of orders: 20 January 2025 Decision date: 20 January 2025 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Yehia J Decision: (1) The plaintiff's amended summons filed on 29 August 2024 is dismissed. (2) The plaintiff is to pay the defendant's costs. Catchwords: HIGH RISK OFFENDER – final hearing – whether the index offence is a "serious violence offence" – the meaning of the words "of a kind" in s 5A(1)(b) – whether the elements of the index offence "contemplate" the elements of s 33(1)(b) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) – summons dismissed Legislation Cited: Community Protection Act 1994 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 29, 33A, 33(1)(b), 86(3), 98, 421 Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW), ss 4A, 5A, 5B, 5I, 9, 11, 18CA, 22, 24AB Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Amendment Act 2014 (NSW) Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Amendment Act 2016 (NSW) Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Amendment Act 2017 (NSW) Crimes (Serious Sex Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) Crimes (Serious Sex Offenders) Amendment Act 2013 (NSW) Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld) Habitual Criminals Act 1905 (NSW) Habitual Criminals Act 1957 (NSW) Cases Cited: Commonwealth v Baume (1905) 2 CLR 405; [1905] HCA 11 Fardon v Attorney-General (Qld) (2004) 223 CLR 575; [2004] HCA 46 Grant v R [2014] NSWCCA 67 Kable v DPP (NSW) (1996) 189 CLR 51; [1996] HCA 24 Lane v R [2013] NSWCCA 317; 241 A Crim R 321 Lynn v State of New South Wales [2019] NSWCA 300 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28; (1998) 194 CLR 355 R v Berchet (1688) 1 Show KB 106; 89 ER 480 State of New South Wales v Calhoun (a pseudonym) (Preliminary) [2024] NSWSC 1311 State of New South Wales v Dennis (2024) 114 NSWLR 215; [2024] NSWSC 388 State of New South Wales v Windle (No 6) (Final) [2020] NSWSC 753 Texts Cited: Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Amendment Bill 2014 (NSW) Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Amendment Bill 2016 Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Amendment Bill 2017 (NSW) Crimes (Serious Sex Offenders) Amendment Bill 2013 Crimes (Serious Sex Offenders) Amendment Bill 2013 (NSW) Crimes (Serious Sex Offenders) Bill 2006 (NSW) Explanatory Note, Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Amendment Bill 2016 (NSW) Explanatory Note, Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Amendment Bill 2017 (NSW) New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 29 March 2006 New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 20 February 2013 New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 4 May 2016 New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 11 October 2017 NSW Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Review of the Crimes (Serious Sex Offenders) Act 2006 (2010), (November 2010) NSW Sentencing Council, High-Risk Violent Offenders: Sentencing and Post-Custody Management Options, (May 2012) T Tulich, "Post-Sentence Preventive Detention and Extended Supervision of High Risk Offenders in New South Wales", (2015), 38(2) UNSW Law Journal Category: Principal judgment Parties: State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Wesam Hamze (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Emmett SC (Plaintiff) H Blake (Defendant)