DONG v HUGHES [2005] NSWSC 84

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : DONG v HUGHES [2005] NSWSC 84

HEARING DATE(S) : 7 May 2003, 30 May 2003, 25 June 2003, 13 October 2003, 11 December 2003

JUDGMENT DATE : 24 February 2005

JUDGMENT OF : Levine J

DECISION : 1 Plaintiff granted leave to prosecute the appeal as set out in the Amended Summons seeking leave to appeal and appeal; 2 Plaintiff's Notice of Motion filed on 20 June 2003 is dismissed; 3 The Amended Summons is dismissed; 4 Plaintiff is to pay the defendant's costs of the Amended Summons and of the plaintiff's Notice of Motion.

CATCHWORDS : Appeal from Local Court - no evidence proffered by Commonwealth DPP - application for costs - Justices Act s 41A

Bail Act 1978 Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1976 (Tas) LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Justices Act 1902

Brown v Bessell (unreported, TAS SC, Zeeman J, 4 May 1994) Coleman & Wholgemuth v Harper (unreported, Full Court TAS SC, 1 June 1993) Fosse v DPP & Anor [1999] NSWSC 367 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 CASES CITED : Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534 Michael v Thompson (1894) 20 VLR 548 R v Williamson [1972] 2 NSWLR 281 Ramirez v Sandor's Trustee (unreported, NSWSC, Young J, 23 April 1997) Spautz v Williams (1983) 2 NSWLR 506

CHUAN QIANG DONG (Plaintiff)

v PARTIES : MARK HUGHES (Defendant)

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 11809 OF 2002

C Steirn SC / T Hall (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : M Cinque / M Allnutt (Defendant)