MOK v NEW SOUTH WALES CRIME COMMISSION & ANOR [2002] NSWCA 53

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : MOK v NEW SOUTH WALES CRIME COMMISSION & ANOR [2002] NSWCA 53 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40526/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 7 February 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 March 2002

PARTIES : DANNY SUM MOK v NEW SOUTH WALES CRIME COMMISSION & ANOR JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Stein JA at 40; Mathews AJA at 41

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Common Law Division LOWER COURT CL 10959/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Sully J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

Appellant: G Jones COUNSEL : 1st Respondent: P Singleton 2nd Respondent: R D Cogswell SC/ B K Baker Appellant: A R D'Angelo SOLICITORS : 1st Respondent: J M Giorgiutti 2nd Respondent: I V Knight (Crown) CATCHWORDS : PRIVILEGE - common law public interest immunity - prison medical records held by government department - claim by Crime Commission under Criminal Assets Recovery Act 1990 - material sought to assist the defendant at trial - whether public interest in maintaining confidentiality of matters raised in course of psychiatric assessment of prisoner - whether material was obtained coercively - protection of governmental function - caution in discovering new categories of public interest immunity - professional confidential relationship privilege under the Evidence Act 1995. (ND) DECISION : See par 39.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40526/01

MASON P STEIN JA MATHEWS AJA

Thursday 7 March 2002 DANNY SUM MOK v NSW CRIME COMMISSION & ANOR JUDGMENT