NANEVSKI v HASKETT & ANOR (Orders have been made prohibiting the publication of any matter that may tend to identify the complainants) [2006] NSWSC 1114

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : NANEVSKI v HASKETT & ANOR (Orders have been made prohibiting the publication of any matter that may tend to identify the complainants) [2006] NSWSC 1114

HEARING DATE(S) : 11 September 2006

JUDGMENT DATE : 26 October 2006

JURISDICTION : Civil

JUDGMENT OF : McClellan CJatCL

DECISION : 1. Summons is dismissed; 2. Plaintiff to pay the second defendant's costs.

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - committal hearings - attendance of complainants for cross examination - refusal to direct complainants to attend committal hearing - error of law - failure to properly administer a discretion - serious criminal charges - anticipated "no bill" applications - need to determine which charges should be jointly tried - limitation of time - committal not for rehearsing trial - interests of justice - meaning of "substantial reasons" - whether use of prerogative powers appropriate - discretionary considerations

Crimes Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Crimes (Local Courts Appeal and Review) Act 2001 Supreme Court Act 1970

Ainger v Coffs Harbour City Council [2005] NSWCA 424 B v Gould and DPP (1993) 67 A Crim R 297 Bacon v Rose (1972) 2 NSWLR 793 Director of Public Prosecutions v O'Conner [2006] NSWSC 458 Director of Public Prosecutions v Rainibogi [2003] NSWSC 274 Director of Public Prosecutions v Schebel (2004) 145 A Crim R 576 Downes v Director of Public Prosecutions [2000] NSWSC 1054 Gianoutsos v Glykis [2006] NSWCCA 137 CASES CITED : Hanna v Kearney & Anor House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Mileshkin v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (unreported, NSWSC, 28 May1998) O'Hare v Director of Public Prosecutions [2000] NSWSC 430 R v Colby (1995) 84 A Crim R 125 Sankey v Whitlam (1977) 1 NSWLR 333 Sim v Magistrate Corbett & Anor [2006] NSWSC 665 Soulemezis v Dudley (Holdings) Pty Limited (1987) 10 NSWLR 247 Tez v Longley (2004) 142 A Crim R 122 Waterhouse v Gilmore (1988) 12 NSWLR 271