NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Borland v NSW Deputy State Coroner & Ors [2006] NSWSC 982
HEARING DATE(S) : 3 August 2006
JUDGMENT DATE : 31 August 2006
JURISDICTION : Common Law
JUDGMENT OF : Michael Grove J at 1
DECISION : Declaration of error; Returned to Coroner's Court for redetermination
CATCHWORDS : CORONER'S COURT - DEATH POSSIBLY OCCURRING IN COURSE OF POLICE OPERATIONS - POLICE OFFICER WITNESS - PRIVILEGE - CIVIL PENALTY - EXPOSURE TO PENALTY IMPOSED OTHER THAN BY A COURT - PROVISIONS IN CORONERS ACT REGARDING CLAIMS FOR PRIVILEGE - MATTERS REQUIRED TO BE CONSIDERED - CONSTRUCTION OF PROVISIONS - INCOMPLETENESS OF PROTECTION OFFERED BY CERTIFICATE GRANTED PURSUANT TO THOSE PROVISIONS - DISCRETION MISCARRIAGE IN INSTANT CASE
LEGISLATION CITED : Coroners Act 1980 Evidence Act 1995
Bax Global (Aust) Pty Ltd v Evans 1999 47 NSWLR 538 Controller-General of Customs v Disciplinary Appeal Committee & Day 1992 35 FCR 466 Decker v State Coroner of NSW 1999 46 NSWLR 415 Environment Protection Authority v Caltex Refining Co Pty Ltd 1993 178 CLR 477 House v The King 1936 55 CLR 499 CASES CITED : Police Service Board v Morris 1985 156 CLR 397 Pyneboard Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission 1983 152 CLR 328 Reid v Howard 1995 184 CLR 1 Rich v Australian Securities Commission 2004 220 CLR 129 Sorby v The Commonwealth 1983 132 CLR 281 The Daniels Corporation International v Australian Competition & Consumer Commission 2002 213 CLR 543
PARTIES : Anthony John Borland v NSW Deputy State Coroner C. Milovanovich, Attorney General of NSW and Brenda Philips
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