NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 151 A Crim R 296
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : DPP v Tong [2004] NSWSC 689 HEARING DATE(S) : 20/6/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 11 August 2004
JUDGMENT OF : Dowd J at 1 DECISION : Order dismissing information quashed; information remitted to be dealt with according to law; defendant to pay plaintiff's costs in appeal
CATCHWORDS : Appeal from dismissal of information - certificate under s177 Evidence Act - application of Subdivision 6A of Justices Act - discretion to allow oral evidence Evidence Act 1995 LEGISLATION CITED : Justices Amendment (Briefs of Evidence) Bill 1997 Justices Act 1902 Arnotts Ltd v Trade Practices Commission (1990) 24 FCR 313 DPP v Sounthorn [1999] NSWSC 786 DPP v West (2000) NSWLR 647 HG v The Queen (1999) 197 CLR 414 Makita (Australia) Pty Ltd v Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 CASES CITED : Paric v John Holland (Constructions) Pty Ltd (1985) 59 ALJR 844 Sprowles v Makita [1999] NSWSC 1239 Sprowles v Makita Australia Pty Ltd, HCA, 31 May 2002 Ramsay v Watson (1961) 108 CLR 642 Quick v Stoland Pty Ltd (1998) 87 FCR 371 Sydneywide Distributors Pty Ltd v Red Bull Australia Pty Ltd [2002] FCA FC 157 PARTIES : Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) Peter Emmanuel Tong FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 10576/03 COUNSEL : Plaintiff: Mr D Frearson Defendant: Mr D O'Neil SOLICITORS :
LOWER COURT Local Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT U1455 96/02 MSG-C2; U1732 3/03 JRW-A1 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT L Gould JUDICIAL OFFICER :
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