Commissioner of Police v Davies & 1 or. [2000] NSWSC 107

Reported Decision : [2000] 111 A Crim R 451

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Commissioner of Police v Davies & 1 or. [2000] NSWSC 107 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 11602/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 21 February 2000 25 February 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 3 March 2000

Commissioner of Police PARTIES : Richard James Davies Robert Scott Rabbidge JUDGMENT OF : Sully J

LOWER COURT Local Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT Cooma FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT R. S. Rabbidge JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : P. F. Singleton - Plaintiff D. Fitzgibbon - Defendant SOLICITORS : I. V. Knight - Plaintiff Woodgate Morgan - Defendant Firearms Act 1996 Tasmanian Criminal Code War Crimes Act 1945 (C'th) LEGISLATION CITED : War Crimes Amendment Act 1988 (C'th) Commonwealth Constitution International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights United States Constitution New South Wales Constitution Commissioner of Police v Bertram John Wilson, unreported, 26 November 1993 CASES CITED : Commissioner of Police v Bertram John Wilson (Magistrate) & anor, unreported, 29 July 1994 Rodway v The Queen (1990) 169 CLR 515 Polyukohovich v The Commonwealth of Australia (1991) 172 CLR 501 DECISION : Declaration made in terms of paragraph 1 of Amended Summons filed 7/10/99; Order in terms of paragraph 2 of Amended Summons; Order that the first defendant pay the plaintiff's costs of hearing in this Court