Nye v State of New South Wales & ors [2002] NSWSC 1267

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Nye v State of New South Wales & ors [2002] NSWSC 1267 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 21458/96 HEARING DATE(S) : 10/09/02 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 : Subpoena - Production of documents - Legal Professional Privilege - Exceptions to Legal Professional Privilege - Functions of Director of Public Prosecutions extend beyond legal functions - Certain functions of Director of Public Prosecutions do not per se attract Legal Professional Privilege - Comparison between roles of Director of Public Prosecutions and Solicitor for Public Prosecutions - Informers Index 9 GEO IV Ch 83 LEGISLATION CITED : Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986: ss 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 23, 25, Schedule 1, cl 2(2) Crown Prosecutor's Act 1986 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Commissioner of Australian Federal Police v Propend Finance Pty Ltd (1996 - 1997) 188 CLR 501 Attorney General (NT) v Kearney (1985) 158 CLR 501 CASES CITED : Clark v United States (1933) 289 US 1 Regina v Bell; Ex parte Lees (1980) 141 CLR 14 Jarman v Lambert & Cook Contractors Ltd (1951) 2 KB 937 O'Reilly v State Bank of Victoria Commissioners (1983) 153 CLR 1 DECISION : Claim to Legal Professional Privilege in respect of twelve folders of documents produced to Court upheld.