R v Giam (No. 2) [1999] NSWCCA 378

Reported Decision : 109 A Crim R 348

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal CITATION : R v Giam (No. 2) [1999] NSWCCA 378 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60107/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 29 July 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 November 1999

PARTIES : Regina (Appellant) Tony Giam (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Dunford J at 1; Hidden J at 32; Smart AJ at 33

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 97/11/0065 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : McGuire DCJ

COUNSEL : CK Maxwell QC (Appellant/Crown) P Byrne SC (Respondent) SOLICITORS : SE O'Connor (Appellant/Crown) Joanne Muller (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing - Crown appeal - cheat and defraud as a director - inadequacy; EVIDENCE - Court does not require evidence of its own proceedings, Evidence Act, s 144. Criminal Appeal Act 1912, ss 5D, 12; ACTS CITED : Crimes Act 1900, ss 176A, 178BB; Evidence Act 1995, s 144; Sentencing Act 1989, s 5(2) R v Giam [1999] NSWCCA 53; R v Holder and Johnston [1983] 3 NSWLR 245; R v Gordon (1994) 71 A Crim R 459; Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610; R v Thomas [1999] NSWCCA 168; Ryan v The Queen (1982) 149 CLR 1; R v Tolmie (1994) 72 A Crim R 416; CASES CITED: Gallagher v The Queen (1986) 160 CLR 392; Mickelberg v The Queen (1989) 167 CLR 259; R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111, 46 NSWLR 346; R v J (1992) 64 A Crim R 441; Re Beldan; ex parte the Attorney-General (1986) 21 A Crim R 159; R v Glenister [1980] 2 NSWLR 597; R v Pantano [1990] 49 A Crim R 328; R v Niass (CCA - 16 November 1988); R v Webster-Jones (CCA - 11 May 1992). DECISION : Crown appeal upheld. Respondent re-sentenced.