DPP v Webb [2000] NSWSC 859

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : DPP v Webb [2000] NSWSC 859 revised - 14/09/2001 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 010819/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 31/7/00; 3/8/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 4 August 2000

PARTIES : Director of Public Prosecutions v Kerri Lee Webb JUDGMENT OF : O'Keefe J

LOWER COURT Local Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT C Barkell JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr P Lakatos - Plaintiff Mr S Odgers - Defendant Solicitor for Plaintiff S E O'Connor Solicitor for Public Prosecutions 265 Castlereagh Street SYDNEY N S W 2000 Telephone: (02) 9285 8664 SOLICITORS : Solicitor for Defendant Watsons Connaught Offices Level 1, 187 Liverpool Street SYDNEY N S W 2000 Telephone: (02) 9283 0333 CATCHWORDS : Evidence - Brief of evidence in prescribed summary offences - Contents of brief of evidence - Statutory construction - Regarding - meaning and effect - Ambit and plane of nexus required - Telecommunication intercept and listening device evidence - Warrants for telecommunication interceptions and listening devices to be included in brief of evidence Justices Act 1902 Justices Amendment (Briefs of Evidence) Act 1997 Listening Devices Act 1984 LEGISLATION CITED : Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979 Interpretation Act 1987 Firearms Act 1996 Admiralty Act 1988 (Commonwealth) Matrimonial Causes Act 1959-1966 (Commonwealth) DPP v West (Court of Appeal, unreported, 28 April 2000, NSWCA 103) DPP v O'Hare (Supreme Court, unreported, 22 May 2000; (2000) NSW SC 430) C v S (1979) 2 NSWLR 598 Marriage of Chapman and Palmer (1979) FLC 77667 Sherwood v Sherwood (1969) 16 FLR 18 The Trustees Executors and Agency Company Limited v Reilly (1941) VLR 110 Powers v Maher (1959) 103 CLR 478 CASES CITED : Grannall v Marrickville Margarine Pty Limited (1954-55) 93 CLR 55 Empire Shipping Co Inc v Owners of the Ship Shin Kobe Maru (1991) 104 ALR at 489 Gatoil International Inc v Arkwright Austin Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Co (1985) AC 255 Oceanic Life Limited v Chief Commissioner of Stamp Duties (1999) 168 ALR 211 Commissioner of Inland Revenue v Maple & Co (Paris) Limited (1908) AC 22 at 26 Toohey's Ltd v Commissioner of Stamp Duties (NSW) (1960-1961) 105 CLR 602 at 616-618 DPP v Sounthorn (Supreme Court, unreported 4 August 1999; (1999) NSW CC 786 George v Rocket (1990) 170 CLR 104 at 110 Barbaro v Director of Public Prosecutions (unreported, 26 November 1999; (2000) NSW SC 474. DECISION : Summons dismissed with costs excluding costs of certain days.