Nguyen v Critchlow & Anor [2000] NSWSC 1145

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Nguyen v Critchlow & Anor [2000] NSWSC 1145 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 11489/2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 30/10/2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 8 December 2000

PARTIES : Thi Kim Loan NGUYEN v Robert Anthony CRITCHLOW & M. RANDALL JUDGMENT OF : Ireland AJ at 1

COUNSEL : Mr P. Faris QC with Mr G. Jones for the Plaintiff Mr D. Fagan SC with Mr N. Williams for the First Defendant SOLICITORS : Ellinghaus & Lindner, Victoria for the Plaintiff Andrew Adams, National Crime Authority for the First Defendant CATCHWORDS : Plaintiff arrested and charged in Victoria on conspiracy to traffic in large commercial quantity of prohibited drugs. Conspiracy per taped telephone conversation. - Whether later First Instance Warrant for arrest issued in N.S.W. constitutes abuse of process. Drugs, Poisons & Controlled Substances Act 1981 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED : Justices Act 1902 New Zealand Justices of the Peace Act 1927 Extradition Act 1988 (Cth) R v Garcia 85 A CrimR 151 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 at 614 R v Peters & Heffernan 83 A CrimR 142 at 149 Karina Fisheries Pty Ltd v Mitson (1990) 26 FCR 473 Lego Australia Pty Ltd & Ors v Paraggio & Ors (1994) 53 FCR 542 Garrard v Email Furniture (1993) 32 NSWLR 662 Puglisi v Australian Fisheries Management Authority & Ors (1997) 148 ALR 393 at 400 CASES CITED : McArthur v Williams (1936) 55 CLR 324 Love v Attorney-General NSW (1990) 169 CLR 307 Ousley v The Queen (1997) 192 CLR 69 Kenneally v New Zealand 166 ALR 625 Whitlam v Sanke (1976) 2 NSWLR 570 The Queen v Adamson (1875) 1 QB 201 Johanson v Dixon & Anor (1979) 25 ALR 65 Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 Grech & Anor v Minister for Immigration DECISION : Summons (as amended) dismissed with costs.