MAJZOUB v KEPREOKIS & ORS [2009] NSWSC 314

Reported Decision : 195 A Crim R 63

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : MAJZOUB v KEPREOKIS & ORS [2009] NSWSC 314

HEARING DATE(S) : Thursday 12 March 2009

JUDGMENT DATE : 24 April 2009

JURISDICTION : Common Law

JUDGMENT OF : Hall J at 1

DECISION : Amended summons dismissed

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW – search warrants – validity – whether the warrant was invalid on its face for failing to sufficiently recite an offence in accordance with the requirements of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act and Regulation – consideration of what constitutes adequate specification of an offence – where the warrant referred to the relevant provisions of a criminal statute and a short description of the offences – warrant valid – amended summons dismissed

Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Evidence Act 1995 Law Enforcement (Controlled Operations) Act 1997 LEGISLATION CITED : Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW) Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Regulation 2005 Search Warrants Act 1985 Search Warrants Regulation 1999

ACS v Anderson [1975] 1 NSWLR 212 Anderson v Attorney General (NSW) [1987] 10 NSWLR 198 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Cloran (1984) 4 FCR 151 Ballis v Randall [2007] NSWSC 422 Cain v Glass (No 2) [1985] 3 NSWLR 230 Carroll v Attorney General (NSW) (1993) 70 A Crim R 162 Chief Executive Officer of Customs v Jiang (2001) 183 ALR 604 Commissioner of Police v Atkinson [1991] 23 NSWLR 495 Conwell v Tapfield [1981] 1 NSWLR 595 at 601 Flanagan v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (1996) 60 FCR 149 Gedeon v Commissioner of the New South Wales Crime Commission [2008] HCA 43; (2008) 249 ALR 398 Love v Attorney-General (NSW) (1990) 169 CLR 307 Pressler v Holzberger (1989) 44 A Crim R 261 R v Elliott (1996) 185 CLR 250 R v Iorlano (1983) 151 CLR 678 Seymour v Attorney-General (Cth) (1984) 4 FCR 498 State of New South Wales v Corbett (2007) 230 CLR 606 Tye v Commissioner of Police (1995) 84 A Crim R 147 Wright v Queensland Police Service (2002) 2 Qd R 667 Wilkes v Wood (1763) Lofft 1 at [18] CASES CITED : Entick v Carrington (1765) 2 Wils KB 275 Money v Leach (1765) 1 Black W 555) Lawrie v Muir [1950] SLT 37 Crowley v Murphy (1981) 52 FLR 123 R v Tillett; Ex parte Newton (1969) 14 FLR 101 George v Rockett (1990) 170 CLR 104 Parker v Churchill (1985) 9 FCR 316 at 319 Different Solutions Pty Limited v Commissioner, Australian Federal Police (No 2) [2008] FCA 1686 Optical Prescription Spectacle Makes Pty Ltd v Withers (1987) 13 FCR 594 Douglas v Blackler [2001] NSWSC 901 Wright v Queensland Police Service (2002) 2 Qd R 667 Warner v Elder (NSWSC, 23 April 1997, unreported); Carver v Clerk of the Court, Local Court at Blacktown (NSWSC, Black AJ 13 March 1998, unreported) Ryder v Morley (1986) 12 FCR 438 Beneficial Finance Corporation v Commissioner of Australian Federal Police (1991) 31 FCR 523 Brewer v Castles (No 2) 1 FCR 55 Arno v Forsyth (1986) 9 FCR 576 New South Wales v Corbett (2007) 230 CLR 606 Parker v Churchill (1985) 9 FCR 316 at 320 Parker v Churchill (1986) 9 FCR 334 at 335 Bradrose v Commissioner of Police, ex parte Bradrose (1989) 2 Qd R 304 Williams v Keelty [2001] FCA 1301; (2001) 184 ALR 411