Principal Registrar of the Supreme Court of NSW v Jando [2001] NSWSC 969

Reported Decision : 53 NSWLR 527 125 A Crim R 473

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Principal Registrar of the Supreme Court of NSW v Jando [2001] NSWSC 969 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 12570/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 15 October 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 2 November 2001

PARTIES : Principal Registrar of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Janvier Jando (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Studdert J

COUNSEL : R.D. Cogswell SC/B. Baker (Plaintiff) C.B. Craigie SC (Defendant) SOLICITORS : I.V. Knight (Plaintiff) Legal Aid Commission (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Contempt - refusal to answer questions at criminal trial in District Court - common law contempt - power of court to punish - application of Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999. District Court Act Supreme Court Act, 1970 Evidence Act LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Sentencing Act 1989 Periodic Detention of Prisoners Act 1981 Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 Registrar of the Court of Appeal v Maniam (No. 2) (1992) 26 NSWLR 309 The Registrar of the Court of Appeal v Gilby (unreported, Court of Appeal, 20 August 1991) Wood v Staunton (No. 5) (1995) 86 A Crim R 183 Attorney General for New South Wales v Whiley (1993) 31 NSWLR 314 ICAC v Cornwall (unreported, Abadee J, 8 September 1993) Wood v Galea (1996) 84 A Crim R 274 Wilson v The Prothonotary [2000] NSWCA 23 CASES CITED : Smith v The Queen (1991) 25 NSWLR 1 Registrar of the Court of Appeal v Raad (unreported, 9 June 1992) Registrar of the Court of Appeal v Craven 120 FLR 464 Wood v Moller (unreported, Dunford J, 15 November 1996) Crime Commission v Johns (unreported, Finnane AJ, 5 June 1997 and unreported, Barr J, 3 April 1998) R v Georgiou [2000] NSWSC 287 R v Duncan [2000] NSWSC 440 The Honourable Mr Acting Justice Ireland v Russell [2001] NSWSC 468 DECISION : See para 58