R v Liristis [2004] NSWCCA 287

Reported Decision : 146 A Crim R 547

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Liristis [2004] NSWCCA 287 HEARING DATE(S) : 8/07/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 27 August 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Studdert J at 1; Kirby J at 2; Hislop J at 156 DECISION : 1. The appeal allowed; 2. The conviction quashed and the sentence set aside; 3. There be a new trial.

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL PRACTICE & PROCEDURE - perjury - address by Crown - misleading explanation of rule in Browne v Dunn - whether rule applies in criminal trials - improper comments by Crown in address - elements of perjury - instruction on possibility of mistake - whether new trial. Criminal Appeal Act 1912 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 Oaths Act 1936 (SA) Browne v Dunn (1894) 6 R 67 Seymour v The ABC (1977) 19 NSWLR 219 Allied Pastoral Holdings P/L v Commissioner of Taxation (1983) 1 NSWLR 1 Azzopardi v The Queen (2001) 205 CLR 50 Dyers v The Queen (2002) 210 CLR 285 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Shaw v The Queen (1952) 85 CLR 365 Killick v The Queen (1981) 147 CLR 565 Peter Schneidas (No 2) (1981) 4 A Crim R 101 Zorad (1990) 47 A Crim R 211 R v Birks (1990) 19 NSWLR 677 Manunta (1990) 54 SASR 17 R v Abdallah (2001) 127 A Crim R 46 Whitehorn v The Queen (1983) 152 CLR 657 CASES CITED : McCullough (1982) 6 A Crim R 274 Balenzuela v De Gail (1958) 101 CLR 226 R v Davies (1974) 7 SASR 375 R v Traino (1987) 27 A Crim R 271 MacKenzie v The Queen (1996) 190 CLR 348 R v Lowe [1917] VLR 155 Murphy v Farmer (1988) 165 CLR 19 Edwards v The Queen (1993) 178 CLR 193 Zoneff v The Queen (2000) 200 CLR 234 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 DPP (Nauru) v Fowler (1984) 154 CLR 627 R v Pedrana (2001) 123 A Crim R 1 R v MRW (1999) 113 A Crim R 308 R v Kennedy (2000) 118 A Crim R 34 R v Teasdale [2004] NSWCCA 91 PARTIES : Regina (Resp) Tony Liristis (Appl) FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60077/04 COUNSEL : D Howard (Crown) P Byrne SC/G Bashir (Appl) SOLICITORS : S Kavanagh (Crown) C Bilinsky (Appl)