Taylor v R [2009] NSWCCA 180

Reported Decision: 200 A Crim R 342[2010] ALMD 170778 NSWLR 198

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: Taylor v R [2009] NSWCCA 180

HEARING DATE(S): 4 June 2009 & 1 July 2009

JUDGMENT DATE: 2 July 2009

JUDGMENT OF: Campbell JA at 1; Latham J at 87; Harrison J at 88

DECISION: Conviction quashed; new trial ordered.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal and new trial and inquiry after conviction – appeal and new trial – miscarriage of justice – incompetence of counsel – whether accused lost a chance of acquittal by failure of counsel to articulate the grounds by which evidence was admissible under section 293 Criminal Procedure Act 1983 – whether the conduct of counsel is capable of rational explanation on forensic grounds – CRIMINAL LAW – evidence – evidentiary matters relating to witnesses and accused persons – evidence of sexual experience, reputation and morality – construction of the exceptions in section 293 Criminal Procedure Act 1983 – meaning of "relating to" and "relationship" – categories of exception to the prohibition to be construed broadly when there is material relevant to the case – proper procedure for an application under section 293 – WORDS AND PHRASES – "relating to", "relationship"

Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Procedure Act 1986

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

R v White (1989) 18 NSWLR 332 R v Beserick (1993) 30 NSWLR 510 HG v The Queen [1999] HCA 2; (1999) 197 CLR 414 R v Morgan (1993) 30 NSWLR 543 R v McGarvey (1987) 10 NSWLR 632 Dimian v R (1995) 83 A Crim R 358 Joye v Beach Petroleum NL (1996) 67 FCR 275 CASES CITED : Oceanic Life Ltd v Chief Commissioner of Stamp Duties (NSW) [1999] NSWCA 416; (1999) 168 ALR 211; 154 FLR 129 Law Society of New South Wales v Bruce (1996) 40 NSWLR 77 R v Birks (1990) 19 NSWLR 677 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 TKWJ v The Queen [2002] HCA 46; (2002) 212 CLR 124 Nudd v The Queen [2006] HCA 9; (2006) 80 ALJR 614; 225 ALR 161; 162 A Crim R 301 R v Henning (NSWCCA, 11 May 1990, unreported) R v Warner (NSWCCA, 7 May 1997, unreported)