Hargrave & Anor v Slater & Anor [2000] NSWSC 387

Reported Decision : [2000] 113 A Crim R 371

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Hargrave & Anor v Slater & Anor [2000] NSWSC 387 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 13120/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 4 May 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 4 May 2000

Scott Charles Hargrave and David Hargrave (Plaintiffs)

v PARTIES : Peter Robert Slater (First Defendant)

Anthony Murray Esq. (Second Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Davies AJ

LOWER COURT Local Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT N/A FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Magistrate Murray JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : P - Mr M R Aldridge SC & Mr J Pappas 1D - Mr P Saidi P - Pappas, J - Attorney SOLICITORS : 1D - I V Knight, Crown Solicitor 2D - Submitting Appearance CATCHWORDS : Prerogative relief - alternatively, leave to appeal - meaning of "manipulate" - ruling of Magistrate on status of witness as expert - whether prerogative relief can be granted when ruling within jurisdiction - whether relief should be granted in respect of interlocutory ruling in criminal proceedings Supreme Court Act 1970, s65 LEGISLATION CITED : Justices Act 1902, s104(4) Chiropractors and Osteopaths Act 1991, s4 Dickinson v Perrignon (1973) 1 NSWLR 72 P & C Cantarella Pty Ltd v Egg Marketing Board (NSW) (1973) 2 NSWLR 366 Public Service Association of SA v Federated Clerks' Union of Aust (1991) 173 CLR 132 Craig v State of SA (1995) 184 CLR 163 CASES CITED : R v Judges of the Federal Court of Aust; Ex parte Pilkington ACI (Operations) Pty Ltd (1978) 142 CLR 113 Sankey v Whitlam (1978) 142 CLR 1 Newby v Moodie (1988) 83 ALR 523 Smiles v Commissioner of Taxation (1992) 37 FCR 538 Stergis v Boucher (1989) 86 ALR 174 Vereker v O'Donovan [1988] 6 Leg Rep SL 3 DECISION : Dismissed with costs.