NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 73 NSWLR 10 191 A Crim R 390
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : McEWEN v SIMMONS & ANOR [2008] NSWSC 1292 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S) : 13/11/2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 8 December 2008
JUDGMENT OF : Adams J at 1
DECISION : Appeal dismissed Each party to pay its own costs.
CATCHWORDS : Child pornography - cartoon figures modelled on "The Simpsons" - whether depict a "person" within s 474.19 (1)(a)(i) of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) and s 91H(3) of the Crimes Act, 1900
Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Code Act 1995 LEGISLATION CITED : Acts Interpretation Act (1901) (Cth) Crimes Legislation Amendment (Telecommunications Offences and other Measures) Bill (No 2) 2004 Customs Act 1901 Interpretation Act 1987
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 CASES CITED : Holland v The Queen (2005) 154 A Crim R 376 R v Sharpe [2001] SCR 45 Einfeld v R [2008] NSWCCA 215
Alan John McEwen (Plaintiff/Appellant) PARTIES : Senior Constable Scott Simmons (First Defendant/First Respondent) New South Wales Police Service (Second Defendant/Second Respondent))
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2008/11248
COUNSEL : G Craddock SC/M Avenell (Plaintiff/Appellant) C O'Donnell (Defendants/Respondents))
Marina Voncina Solicitor (Plaintiff/Appellant) SOLICITORS : M Lagana (Commonwealth DPP) (Defendants/Respondents)
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