NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 139 A Crim R 132 59 NSWLR 472
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : REGINA v KING [2003] NSWCCA 399 HEARING DATE(S) : 25 November 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 December 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Dunford J at 100; Adams J at 105 DECISION : Appeal allowed.
CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm - Death of foetus - Whether death of foetus can constitute grievous bodily harm to mother - Meaning of 'person' in Crimes Act 1900, s 33. Crimes Act 1900, ss 33, 52A, 83 Criminal Appeal Act 1912, ss 5A, 5F Criminal Code of Canada, ss 203, 204 LEGISLATION CITED : District Court Act 1973, s 127 Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 (NZ) Suitors' Fund Act 1951, ss 5C, 6, 6C Supreme Court Act 1970, s 36 Attorney-General (Qld) v T (1983) 57 ALJR 285 Attorney-General's Reference (No 3 of 1994) [1996] QB 581 Attorney-General's Reference (No 3 of 1994) [1998] AC 245 C v S [1988] QB 135 Harrild v Director of Proceedings [2003] 3 NZLR 289 Hi-Fert Pty Ltd v Kiukiang Maritime Carriers Inc (No 3) (1998) 86 FCR 374 In re F (in utero) [1988] 2 WLR 1288 Licul v Corney (1976) 180 CLR 213 Little v Victoria [1998] 4 VR 596 Paton v British Pregnancy Advisory Service Trustees [1979] QB 276 Paton v United Kingdom (1980) 3 EHRR 408 (Comm.) CASES CITED : Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (No 1) (1980) 147 CLR 35 R v Cheng (1999) 48 NSWLR 616 R v Edelsten (1989) 18 NSWLR 213 R v F (1993) 40 NSWLR 245 R v Lethlean (1995) 83 A Crim R 197 R v Sullivan & Lemay (1986) 31 CCC (3d) 62 R v Sullivan & Lemay (1989) 31 BCLR (2d) 145 R v Sullivan & Lemay [1991] 1 SCR 489; (1991) 63 CCC (3d) 97 Tampion v Anderson (1973) 48 ALJR 11 Tremblay v Daigle [1989] 2 SCR 530 Watt v Rama [1972] VR 353 Winnipeg Child & Family Services (Northwest Area) v G [1997] 3 SCR 925 PARTIES : Regina (Appellant) Phillip Nathan King (Respondent) FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60422/03 COUNSEL : R Cogswell SC / D Thiering (Appellant) C Steirn SC / B Clark (Respondent) SOLICITORS : C K Smith (Appellant) S E O'Connor (Respondent)
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