Ishac v R [2011] NSWCCA 107

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Ishac v R [2011] NSWCCA 107 Hearing dates: 8 March 2011 Decision date: 05 May 2011 Before: McColl JA at 1 RS Hulme J at 52 Hislop J at 53 Decision: 1 Grant the applicant leave to appeal out of time in respect of his conviction. 2 Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against conviction on charge of being an accessory before the fact to do an act with intent to pervert the course of justice - giving advice on falsifying community service order time sheets when application for revocation of community service order extant - whether conviction good in law

CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against conviction following plea of guilty - circumstances in which conviction may be set aside discussed

CRIMINAL LAW - agreed facts used for sentencing - relevance to integrity of conviction Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 (NSW) Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 (NSW) Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (NSW) Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Regulation 2008 Cases Cited: Chow v Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) (1992) 28 NSWLR 593 Einfeld v R [2008] NSWCCA 215; (2008) 71 NSWLR 31 Gas v R; SJK v R [2004] HCA 22; (2004) 217 CLR 198 John Holland Pty Ltd v Industrial Court of New South Wales; Parsons Brinckerhoff (Australia) Pty Ltd v Industrial Court of New South Wales [2010] NSWCA 338. Kirk v Industrial Court of New South Wales [2010] HCA 1; (2010) 239 CLR 531 Meissner v R [1995] HCA 41; (1995) 184 CLR 132 O'Neill v R [1979] 2 NSWLR 582 R v Chiron [1980] 1 NSWLR 218 R v Crowley [2004] NSWCCA R v Falls [2004] NSWCCA 335 R v Hura [2001] NSWCCA 61; (2001) 121 A Crim R 472 R v Murphy [1965] VR 187 R v Palu [2002] NSWCCA 381; (2002) 134 A Crim R 174; R v Rae (No 2) [2005] NSWCCA 380; (2005) 157 A Crim R 182 R v Rogerson [1992] HCA 25; (1992) 174 CLR 268 R v SL [2004] NSWCCA 397 R v Toro-Martinez [2000] NSWCCA 216; (2000) 114 A Crim R 533 R v Van [2002] NSWCCA 148; (2002) 129 A Crim R 229 Tourni v R [2010] NSWCCA 317 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Hitcham (aka Michael) Ishac - Applicant The Crown - Respondent Representation: Counsel J Trevallion - Applicant V Lydiard - Respondent Solicitors P McGirr - Applicant Solicitor for Public Prosecutions - Respondent File Number(s): 2008/20422 Decision under appeal Citation: R v Ishac Date of Decision: 2009-11-27 00:00:00 Before: Sorby DCJ File Number(s): 2008/11/1348