DSJ v R; NS v R [2012] NSWCCA 9

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: DSJ v R; NS v R [2012] NSWCCA 9 Hearing dates: 5 October 2011 Decision date: 17 February 2012 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1] Allsop P at [11] Whealy JA at [12] McClellan CJ at CL at [135] McCallum J at [136] Decision: 1. Appeal allowed. 2. Order made by Hall J on 23 August 2011 dismissing the applications that the charges in the indictment, other than charges 6-9, be tried separately, be set aside. 3. The motions are referred back to the trial Judge for reconsideration in the light of this Court's rulings. Catchwords: EVIDENCE - admissibility - coincidence evidence - s 98 Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) - significant probative value - whether regard must be had to alternative inferences inconsistent with guilt - whether R v Zhang was correctly decided - distinction between judge and jury functions in a criminal trial.

CRIMINAL LAW - appeal - pre-trial order - insider trading - s 1043A(1) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Legislation Cited: - Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) - ss 1043A(1)(c), (d) - Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) - s 21 - Evidence Act 1977 (Qld) - Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) - ss 55, 56, 97, 98, 101, 135, 137 - Queensland Criminal Code Cases Cited: - DAO v R [2011] HCATrans 298 - DAO v R [2011] NSWCCA 63; (2011) 278 ALR 765 - Dasreef Pty Ltd v Hawchar [2011] HCA 21 - Director of Public Prosecutions (UK) v Boardman [1975] AC 421 - Gardiner v R [2006] NSWCCA 190; (2006) 162 A Crim R 233 - Hoch v The Queen [1988] HCA 50; (1988) 165 CLR 292 - House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 - Lodhi v R [2007] NSWCCA 360 - Markby v The Queen [1978] HCA 29; (1978) 140 CLR 108 - Papakosmas v The Queen (1999) 196 CLR 297 - Pfennig v R (1995) 182 CLR 461; 127 ALR 99 - Phillips v The Queen (2006) 225 CLR 303; [2006] HCA 4 - R v Ceissman [2010] NSWCCA 50 - R v Cook [2004] NSWCCA 52 - R v Fletcher (2005) 156 A Crim R 308 - R v Lockyer (1996) 89 A Crim R 457 - R v Mundine [2008] NSWCCA 55 - R v Shamouil [2006] NSWCCA 112; (2006) 66 NSWLR 228 - R v Zhang [2005] NSWCCA 437, 158 A Crim R 504 - Samadi and Djait v Regina [2008] NSWCCA 330 - Smith v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 650 - Sutton v R [1984] HCA 5; (1984) 152 CLR 528 - Warren v Coombes (1979) 142 CLR 531 Category: Principal judgment Parties: CCA 2010/34654 (DSJ v R) Appellant - DSJ Respondent - Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions