Regina (C'Wealth) v Baladjam & Ors [No 28] [2008] NSWSC 1449

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Regina (C'Wealth) v Baladjam & Ors [No 28] [2008] NSWSC 1449

HEARING DATE(S) : 16/06/08

JUDGMENT DATE : 24 June 2008

JURISDICTION : Criminal

JUDGMENT OF : Whealy J at 1

DECISION : Order that the subpoena dated 14 March 2008 be set aside.

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Practice and Procedure - Applications to set aside subpoena - Fishing expedition - Collateral challenge to warrants - Attempt to obtain materials in support of warrants

Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Code Act Listening Devices Act 1984 (NSW) Telecommunications (Interception) Act (1979) (Cth)

Alister v The Queen 1983 HCA 45; 1984 154 CLR 404 at 414 Attorney General v Chidgey [2008] NSWCCA 65 Australian Crime Commission v Magistrates Court (Vic) [2007] 173 A Crim R 572 Burmah Oil Company Limited v Bank of England (1980) AC 1090 at 1129 per Lord Edmunds Davies Carroll v The Attorney General (1974) 70 A Crim R 162 DPP v Webb [2001] 52 NSWLR 341, 346-7 at (20)-(26) per Mason P Coco v The Queen (1994) 179 CLR 427 at 435 CASES CITED : Commissioner of Railways v Small (1938) 38 SR NSW 564 at 575 Lipohar v The Queen (1999) 200 CLR 485 Murphy v The Queen (1989) 167 CLR 94 at 104-106 per Mason CJ and Toohey J NSW Commissioner of Police v Tuxford & Ors [2002] NSWCA 139 Ousley v The Queen (1997) 192 CLR 69 at 79 Principal Registrar of the Supreme Court v Ali Tastan (1994) 75 A Crim R 498 R v Saleam (1989) 16 NSWLR 14 at 18 A-F per Hunt J The Queen v Saleam (1999) NSWCCA 86 at para 11