REGINA v MSK and MAK [2004] NSWCCA 308

Reported Decision : 61 NSWLR 204 148 A Crim R 453

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : REGINA v MSK and MAK [2004] NSWCCA 308 revised - 07/09/2004 HEARING DATE(S) : 6 September 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 6 September 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Wood CJ at CL at 64; Barr J at 90 DECISION : 1. The Non publication order referable to the appellants' names is continued and the victims are to be known as "S" and "G"; 2. The Appeal against conviction is dismissed; 3. The application for leave to appeal against sentence will be heard and determined at a later date.

CATCHWORDS : CATCHWORDS - Criminal Procedure Act 1986, s 294A - Criminal Procedure Amendment (Sexual Offence Evidence) Act 2003 - Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (1996) 189 CLR 51 - gang rape - sexual assault in company - appeal against conviction - self-represented defendants - self-represented defendants prohibited from personally cross-examining complainant - whether parliament can validly limit common law right to cross-examine - whether provision discriminatory - whether provision caused trial to be unfair and miscarry - whether s 294A constitutionally invalid for vesting functions in Supreme Court that are incompatible with the exercise of federal judicial power. (D) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Articles 14(3)(d) and (e) Crimes Act 1900, ss61JA, 409B (repealed) LEGISLATION CITED : Constitution Act 1902, s5 Australia Acts 1986, s2 Criminal Procedure Act 1986, 294A Criminal Procedure Amendment (Sexual Offence Evidence) Act 2003 Dietrich v The Queen (1992) 177 CLR 272 DJK (1997) 96 A Crim R 443 Doorson v The Netherlands (App No 20524/92, 26 March 1996, Reports 1996-II) Durham Holdings Pty Ltd v New South Wales (2001) 205 CLR 399 Foster v The Queen (1993) 67 ALJR 550 Grills v The Queen, PJE v The Queen (1996) 70 ALJR 905 Jago v District Court (NSW) (1989) 168 CLR 23 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Attorney-General (NSW) (2000) 158 FLR 81 Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (1996) 189 CLR 51 CASES CITED : McKinney v The Queen (1991) 171 CLR 468 Minister for Immigration & Multi-Cultural & Indigenous Affairs v B [2004] HCA 20, 206 ALR 130 Morgan (1993) 67 A Crim R 526 R v Grills (NSWCCA unreported, 12 December 1995) R v McHardie and Danielson [1983] 2 NSWLR 733 R v Moffatt [1998] 2 VR 229 R v PJE (NSWCCA unreported, 9 October 1995) R v Whyte (2002) 55 NSWLR 252 Re Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002 (Qld) [2003] QCA 249 Union Steamship Co of Australia Pty Ltd v King (1988) 166 CLR 1 PARTIES : REGINA v MSK and MAK FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 2004/1711; 2004/1712 Appellant: Self-Represented (MSK) COUNSEL : Appellant: Self-Represented (MAK) Crown: R Cogswell SC, Dr J Quilter, A Tibbey Appellant: MSK SOLICITORS : Appellant: MAK Crown: S Kavanagh