NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : SAMI EL MAWAS v DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS [2005] NSWSC 243
HEARING DATE(S) : 15 March 2005
JUDGMENT DATE : 15 March 2005
JURISDICTION : COMMON LAW
JUDGMENT OF : Greg James J at 1
DECISION : Leave to appeal granted.; The appeal upheld.; Declaration in the further amended summons numbered 2, made, and the matter is remitted to the Local Court for determination conformably with the reasons given.; The defendant is to pay the plaintiff's costs.
CATCHWORDS : Criminal Law - Summary Proceedings - Mental Health - Availability of mental condition treatment diversionary option.
Crimes Act 1900 Enclosed Lands Protection Act 1901 Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Local Court Appeal and Review) Act 2001 Mental Health (Criminal Procedure) Act 1990. Mental Health Act 1990. Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999
The Queen v M'Naghten (1843) 8 ER 718 Porter v The Queen (1936) 55 CLR, Sodeman v The Queen (1936) 55 CLR R v Pangallo (1989) 51 SASR 254 CASES CITED : R v S (1979) 2 NSWLR Attorney General for South Australia v Brown (1960) AC 432 Acuthan & Anor v Coates & Ors (1986) 6 NSWLR 472 Confos v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2004] NSWSC 1159 Norbis v Norbis (1986) 161 CLR 513
PARTIES : SAMI EL MAWAS v. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC No 12376 of 2004
Plaintiff: G D Wendler COUNSEL : Defendant: R Lancaster
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