KUMARAGAMAGE v McLOUGHLIN & ORS [2000] NSWSC 620

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : KUMARAGAMAGE v McLOUGHLIN & ORS [2000] NSWSC 620 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 12743 OF 1999 HEARING DATE(S) : 27/06/2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 6 July 2000

PARTIES : DON KUMARAGAMAGE v JOHN McLOUGHLIN JUDGMENT OF : Master Macready at 1

LOWER COURT Local Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 1193/1999 & 1194/1999 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr Kumaragamage in person Mr T.A. Game SC with D. Jordan for 1st and 2nd defendants SOLICITORS : Smythe & Mallam for 1st and 2nd defendants CATCHWORDS : Criminal Law. Jurisdiction practice and proceedure. - Application for certiorari to quash decision to discharge defendants in committal proceedings alleging a perversion of justice under s 319 of the Crimes Act. - In the circumstances no grounds for order sought. - On discretionary grounds the order should be rejected in any event. - Proceedings dismissed. Jayasena v The Queen (1970) AC 618 at 625; Ex parte Cousens; re Blackett (1946) 47 SR at 147; Ex parte Coffey; re Evans (1971) 1 NSWLR 434 at 446-449; Connor v Sankey (1976) 2 NSWLR 570 at 617-619, 628-630; CASES CITED : Spautz v Williams (1983) 2 NSWLR 506 at 515-516; Waterhouse v Gilmore (1988) 12 NSWLR 270 at 275. Sankey v Whitlam (1978) 142 CLR 183-84; Connor v Sankey (1976) 2 NSWLR 570 per Street CJ,at 591-592; Regina v Bedwellty Justices; Ex parte Williams (1997) AC 225 at 235-236; Re Robins SM; Ex parte West Australian Newspapers Ltd (1999) 105 A Crim R 555 at 563-564. Spautz v Williams (1983) 2 NSWLR 506 at 516, Wentworth v Rogers (1983) 3 NSWLR 161 at 170-1, Waterhouse v Gilmore (1988) 12 NSWLR 270 at 278. DECISION : Paragraph 14