O'Hare v DPP [2000] NSWSC 430

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : O'Hare v DPP [2000] NSWSC 430 revised - 4/12/2000 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 10165/2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 8, 10, 11, 12 and 16 May, 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 May 2000

PARTIES : Timothy William O'Hare v Director of Public Prosecutions and Anor. JUDGMENT OF : O'Keefe J

LOWER COURT Local Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT S McCosker LCM JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : C Cross (solicitor) - Plaintiff Ms R Burgess - Defendant Abbott Pardy & Jenkins 342 Grey Street Glen Innes NSW 2370 Tel: (02) 6732 2022

SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor Solicitor for Public Prosecutions 265 Castlereagh Street SYDNEY N S W 2000 Telephone: (02) 9285 8643 CATCHWORDS : Committal proceedings - Mandamus - Declaration - Evidence - Oral evidence by complainant - Special Reasons - Interests of Justice - Principles - Statutory construction - Discretion Justices Act 1902 Ss.48E, 48EA Interpretation Act 1987, ss.5(2),9 LEGISLATION CITED : Interpretation Act 1897, s.23 Bail Act s.22A Conveyancing Act 1919, s.66G Landlord and Tenant Amendment Act 1948, s.70 DPP v Losurdo, Court of Appeal 23 September, 1998 (unreported) Kennedy (1997) 94 A Crim R 341 B v Gould (1993) 67 A Crim R 297 Faltas v McDermid, Supreme Court, 30 July 1993 (unreported) Bankinvest v Seabrook (1988) 14 NSWLR 711 R v War Pensions Entitlement Appeal Tribunal Ex Parte Bott (1933) 50 CLR 228 Ex Parte Hebburn; re Kersley Shire Council (1947) 47 SR (NSW) 416 Saffron v DPP (1989) 16 NSWLR 397 Barton v Berman (1980) 1 NSWLR 63 Grenvell Homes Pty Limited v Builders Licensing Board (1981) 2 NSWLR 608 Wentworth v Rogers (1984) 2 NSWLR 422 Craig v South Australia (1994-95) 184 CLR 163 Waterhouse v Gilmore (1988) 12 NSWLR 270 Bacon v Rose (1972) 2 NSWLR 793 Ex parte Cousens; Re Blacket (1947) 47 SR 145 Willessee v Willessee (1974) 2 NSWLR 275 Acs v Anderson (1974) 2 NSWLR 482 Connor v Sankey (1976) 2 NSWLR 570 Spautz v Williams (1983) 2 NSWLR 507 TS v George, Supreme Court 14 April 1998, unreported Acuthan v Coates (1986) 6 NSWLR 472 CASES CITED : Hilton v Hyde (Supreme Court, 29 April 1987, unreported) Leahy v Price (Supreme Court 28 September 1998, unreported) Re Jackson and the Conveyancing Act (1951) 52 SR (NSW) 42 Re Fettell (1951) 52 SR 221 Smith v Watson (1906) 4 CLR 802 MacDougall v Paterson (1851) 138 ER 672 Julius v Lord Bishop of Oxford (1880) 5 App Cas 214 Ward v Williams (1953) 19 LGR190 (Full Court) Ward v Williams (1954-1955) 92 CLR 496 Brisbane South Regional Health Authority v Taylor (1996) 186 CLR 541 Williams v Hanson (1957) SR (NSW) 428 Childs v Kelly (1948) 65 WN (NSW) 141 Freeman v Stankovic (1960) 77 WN (NSW) 631 Regina v Harris, Supreme Court 18 April, 2000, unreported Dietrich v The Queen (1992) 177 CLR 292 The Queen v Gun (1977) 17 SASR 165 Goldsmith v Newman (1992) 59 SASR 404 Baskerville v Martin (1967) SASR 156 Gassner v Frost (1940) SASR 295 Hayes v Chandler (1986) 40 SASR 341 Dunsmore v Harvey (1985) 38 SASR 383 Coombe v Bell (1985) 38 SASR 539 D (A child) v White (1988) VR 87 DECISION : Record of the Local Court lifted up to Supreme Court; Decision of Magistrate quashed; Matter returned to Magistrate to be determined in accordance with law as stated in judgment; Declaration that the second defendant erred in law as to the construction and application of s.48E of the Justices Act.