SOLOMONS v DISTRICT COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES & ORS [2000] NSWCA 99

49 NSWLR 321 Reported Decision : 157 FLR 127 115 A Crim R 15

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : SOLOMONS v DISTRICT COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES & ORS [2000] NSWCA 99 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40992/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 30 March 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 13 July 2000

Cecil Gregory Solomons - Claimant PARTIES : District Court of New South Wales - First Opponent State of New South Wales - Second Opponent The Queen - Third Opponent JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Sheller JA at 27; Foster AJA at 67

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 98/11/0264 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Keleman SC DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

J Basten QC/S Beckett - Claimant COUNSEL : C P O'Donnel - First Opponent P Bushberger - Second Opponent (Submitting) SOLICITORS : John Bettens & Co - Claimant Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions - First Opponent CATCHWORDS : FEDERAL JURISDICTION - Vested in State court - Prosecution on indictment of person charged with Commonwealth offence - Trial conducted by State court in exercise of federal jurisdiction - Combined effect of Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1967 (NSW) and Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) - Whether State court can entertain application under Costs in Criminal Cases Act - CRIMINAL LAW - Practice and procedure - Costs - Prosecution on indictment of person charged with Commonwealth offence - Power of State court to grant certificate under Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1967 (NSW), s2 - "proceedings relating to any offence" - Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), ss 39, 68, 79 - R Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1967 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Customs Act 1901 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED : Interpretation Act 1987 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth). Law Reform (Limitation of Actions) Act 1956 Suitors' Fund Act 1951 Supreme Court Act 1970 Ah Yick v Lehmert (1905) 2 CLR 593 Australian Postal Commission v Dao [No 2] (1986) 6 NSWLR 497 Bass v Permanent Trustee Co Ltd [1999] HCA 9, 161 ALR 399; 73 ALJR 522 Breavington v Godleman (1998) 169 CLR 41 Commissioner of Stamp Duties (NSW) v Owens (1953) 88 CLR 67 Commissioner of Stamp Duties (NSW) v Owens [No 2] (1953) 88 CLR 168 Felton v Mulligan (1971) 124 CLR 367 Fencott v Muller (1983) 152 CLR 570 Gould v Brown (1998) 193 CLR 346 Gurnett v The Macquarie Stevedoring Company Pty Limited [No 2] (1956) 95 CLR 106 John Robertson & Co Ltd (In Liq) v Ferguson Transformers Pty Ltd (1973) 129 CLR 65 Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (1996) 189 CLR 51 CASES CITED: LNC Industries Ltd v MBW (Australia) Ltd (1983) 151 CLR 575 Maguire v Simpson (1977) 139 CLR 362 Peel v The Queen (1971) 125 CLR 447 Pedersen v Young (1964) 110 CLR 162 R v Moffatt [1998] 2 VR 229 Re Wakim; ex parte McNally (1999) 73 ALJR 839 Rohde v Director of Public Prosecutions (1986) 161 CLR 119 Seaegg v The King (1932) 48 CLR 251 The Commonwealth v Mewett (1997) 191 CLR 471 The Queen v Bull (1974) 131 CLR 203 The Queen v Murphy (1985) 158 CLR 596 Williams v The King [No 1] (1933) 50 CLR 536 Williams v The King [No 2] (1934) 50 CLR 551 DECISION : Summons dismissed with costs.