Regina v Fisher [2003] NSWCCA 41

Reported Decision : (2003) 56 NSWLR 625 138 A Crim R 318

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v Fisher [2003] NSWCCA 41 HEARING DATE(S) : 7 February 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 March 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Santow JA at 1; Simpson J at 8; Smart AJ at 50 DECISION : (i) leave to appeal granted; (ii) appeal allowed in part; (iii) the proceedings on the charges under the Corporations Law and s178BB of the Crimes Act 1901 on which the applicant was committed for trial be stayed unless and until the CDPP pays the reasonable costs incurred by or on behalf of the applicant in relation to the trial which commenced on 5 May 2002

CATCHWORDS : application for leave to appeal - District Court Judge's refusal to stay proceedings - Dietrich v The Queen (1992) 177 CLR 292 - R v Mosely (1992) 28 NSWLR 735 - costs incurred in the course of an aborted trial - trial aborted due to prosecution fault s5F Criminal Appeal Act Corporations Law LEGISLATION CITED : s178BB Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Suitors Fund Act 1951 Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1967 s6 District Court Act 1973 Attorney-General for New South Wales v Milat (1995) 37 NSWLR 370 Dietrich v The Queen (1992) 177 CLR 292 Jago v The District Court of New South Wales (1989) 168 CLR 23 Keyowski v The Queen 40 CCC (3D) 482 R v Beeby [1999] NSWCCA 30; 104 A Crim R 142 CASES CITED : R v BK [2000] NSWCCA 4 R v Bucksath [2000] NSWCCA 135; 114 A Crim R 1 R v Francisco and Dorain CCA(NSW), 24 August 1995, unreported R v Mosely (1992) 28 NSWLR 735 R v O'Connor [2000] NSWCCA 124 R v Pavia (1993) 67 A Crim R 364 R v Seebag, unreported, NSWCCA 16 February 1993 PARTIES : Gregory Joseph Fisher - Applicant Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions - Respondent FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60439/02 COUNSEL : CC Waterstreet - Applicant R Sutherland SC - Respondent SOLICITORS : Malcolm John & Company - Applicant Commonwealth DPP - Respondent