R v Khoo [2013] NSWSC 1518

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Khoo [2013] NSWSC 1518 Hearing dates: 10 October 2013 Decision date: 11 October 2013 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Johnson J Decision: Bail Refused Catchwords: BAIL - application for bail pending sentence appeal to Court of Criminal Appeal - special or exceptional circumstances required under s.30AA Bail Act 1978 - four offences of communicating inside information contrary to ss.1043A(2) and 1311(1) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) - "tipping" offences - sentences of imprisonment involving minimum term of 14 months expiring in October 2014 - whether grounds of appeal most likely to succeed - held they were not - whether likely hearing date of appeal considered with grounds of appeal established special or exceptional circumstances - held they did not - bail refused Legislation Cited: Bail Act 1978 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Cases Cited: Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Cassaniti [2006] NSWSC 1103 Director of Public Prosecutions v Louizos [2008] NSWCA 271 DPP v Lindskog (unreported, Victorian County Court, his Honour Judge Parsons, 14 March 2013) Hili v The Queen [2010] HCA 45; 242 CLR 520 Lee v R [2012] NSWSC 1168 R v Wilson (1994) 34 NSWLR 1 RR v R [2011] NSWCCA 235; 216 A Crim R 489 Yang v R [2012] NSWCCA 49 Zreika v R [2012] NSWCCA 34 Texts Cited: --- Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina (Crown) John Kay Jin Khoo (Applicant) Representation: Counsel: Mr MG McHugh SC (Crown) Mr M Thangaraj SC (Applicant) Solicitors: Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) (Crown) Amond Legal (Applicant) File Number(s): 2013/249899 Publication restriction: ---