Nye v State of New South Wales & ors [2002] NSWSC 1268

Reported Decision : (2002) 134 A Crim R 245

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Nye v State of New South Wales & ors [2002] NSWSC 1268 revised - 10/02/2003 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 21458/96 HEARING DATE(S) : 26/09/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 27 September 2002

Garry Raymond Nye State of New South Wales Wayne Popplewell PARTIES : Wayne Desmond Gordon Peter James Hawley David John Barnett Director of Public Prosecutions JUDGMENT OF : O'Keefe J

COUNSEL : Plaintiff: Mr B Donovan QC with Mr D Baran and Mr C Thompson Defendant: Mr I Temby QC with Mr P Lakatos SOLICITORS : Plaintiff: Miss E Faccin - Carol & O'Dea (Sydney) Defendant: Ms G Fuller - Crown Solicitor's Office (Sydney) CATCHWORDS : Malicious prosecution - Malice - Evidence - Relevance - Common law concept of relevance expanded by Evidence Act 1995 - Exclusion of representations made in connection with an investigation relating or leading to a criminal prosecution - Business records - Royal Commission engaged in a business - Evidence adduced at Royal Commission is not a representation made in connection with an investigation relating or leading to a criminal proceeding - Royal Commissioner engaged in a business - Words and phrases - "in connection with", "relating to", "leading to". Evidence Act 1995: ss 55(1), 56, 69(1), (2), (3), 135, 136, 137, dictionary Part 1 and Part 2, cl 1(1)(d) LEGISLATION CITED : Royal Commissions Act 1923: s 5 Royal Commission (Police Service) Act 1994 Evidence Act 1898: ss 14CD, 14CF, 14CG Brown v Hawkes (1891) 2 QB 718 Brain v Commonwealth Life Assurance Society Ltd (1935) 35 SR (NSW) 36 Corea v Peiris (1909) AC 549 Trowbridge v Hardy (1955) 94 CLR 147 CASES CITED : Trustees Executors and Agency Co Ltd v Reilly (1941) VLR 110 Powers v Maher (1959) 103 CLR 478 Workers' Compensation Board of Queensland v Technical Products Pty Ltd (1988) 165 CLR 642 Technical Products Pty Ltd v State Government Insurance Office (Q) (1989) 167 CLR 45 Australian National Railways Commission v Collector of Customs (SA) (1985) 69 ALR 367 Collector of Customs v Pozzolanic Enterprises Limited (1993) 115 ALR 1 DECISION : Parts of transcripts of evidence given to Royal Commission into Police Service admitted.