Hanna v Director of Public Prosecutions of NSW [2005] NSWSC 134

Reported Decision : 62 NSWLR 373

New South Wales Supreme Court

Hanna v Director of Public Prosecutions of NSW [2005] NSWSC 134 CITATION : This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S) : 24/02/05

JUDGMENT DATE : 24 February 2005

JUDGMENT OF : James J at 1

DECISION : Plaintiff's notice of motion and summons are dismissed

CATCHWORDS : Administrative law - prosecutorial powers - whether a decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions to take over prosecutions and decline to proceed further is susceptible to judicial review

Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Justices Act 1902 (NSW)(repealed) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) Public Prosecutions Act 1994 (Vic) Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW)

Barton v The Queen (1980) 147 CLR 75 Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for Civil Service [1985] 1 AC 374 Gerlach v Clifton Bricks Pty Limited (2002) 76 ALJR 828 Greiner v Independent Commission Against Corruption (1992) 28 NSWLR 125 Hot Holdings Pty Limited v Creasy (1996) 185 CLR 149 M v Director of Public Prosecutions NSWSC; unreported 6 March 1996 CASES CITED : Maxwell v The Queen (1995) 184 CLR 501 Padfied v Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food [1968] AC 997 Richardson v The Queen (1974) 131 CLR 116 Stefanovski v The Magistrates' Court of Victoria & Ors [2004] VSC 313 The King v Weaver (1931) 45 CLR 321 The Queen v Apostilides (1984) 154 CLR 563