NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Elisabeth Sexton [2008] NSWSC 352
HEARING DATE(S) : By written submissions
JUDGMENT DATE : 22 April 2008
JUDGMENT OF : Howie J at 1
DECISION : The claimant is to pay the respondents' costs.
CATCHWORDS : Contempt - Costs - Jurisdiction - whether provisions of Criminal Procedure Act apply - whether costs should follow the event - whether power to review earlier costs order.
Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 - s 257D Crimes (Sentencing) Procedure Act 1999 Supreme Court Act 1970 Supreme Court Rules Criminal Appeal Act 1912 LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court (Summary Jurisdiction) Act 1967 Crimes (Amendment) Act 1979 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001 Criminal Procedure Amendment (Justices and Local Courts) Act 2001 Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2006 Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1967
CATEGORY : Consequential orders
Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Elisabeth Sexton [2008] NSWSC 152 Attorney-General (NSW) v Whiley (1993) 31 NSWLR 314 CASES CITED : John Fairfax & Sons v McRae (1955) 93 CLR 351 Fraser v R (No 2) (1985) 1 NSWLR 680 Registrar of the Court of Appeal v Willesee [1984] 2 NSWLR 378
PARTIES : Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Elisabeth Sexton and John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2007/12151
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