NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: OU v R [2024] NSWDC 634 Hearing dates: 30 October 2024 Decision date: 12 December 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Wass SC DCJ Decision: Costs certificate granted – see [73] Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Costs — Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1967 (NSW) — Costs Certificate Granted — Always an Unreasonable Prosecution — Weak Cases — Reasonable Prospects of Success — Prosecution Policy — Prosecutor's Duty to the Court Legislation Cited: Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1967 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: AL v R [2017] NSWCCA 34 Allerton v Director of Public Prosecutions (1991) 24 NSWLR 550 Mordaunt v Director of Public Prosecutions & Anor (2007) NSWCA 121 Nadilo v Director of Public Prosecutions (1995) 35 NSWLR 738 R v Dunne (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Hunt J, 17 May 1990) R v Greenfield (Costs) [2024] NSWSC 1126 R v Manley [2000] NSWCCA 196 Category: Costs Parties: OU (Applicant) Rex (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: W Terracini SC KC / M Barnes (Applicant) S Richards (Solicitor Advocate) (Respondent)
Solicitors: Foye Legal (Applicant) Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2021/252270 Publication restriction: There is to be no publication of the name of the Applicant, the young witnesses and the complainants
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