Police v Rankin; Police v Roberts [2013] NSWLC 25

Local Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Police v Rankin; Police v Roberts [2013] NSWLC 25 Hearing dates: 16/10/2013 Decision date: 30 October 2013 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Magistrate Heilpern Decision: Prosecutions are permanently stayed Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - proceedings - application for permanent stay of prosecution Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Evidence Act 1995 Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 Road Rules 2008 Cases Cited: Barac v Director of Public Prosecutions; Barac v Stirling [2007] QCA 112 Bloomfield v R [1996] EWCA Crim 1801; [1997] 1 Cr App R 135 Britton v Alpougut (1986) 23 A Crim R 254 Brown v NSW Trustee and Guardian [2012] NSWCA 431 Chu Piu-wing v Attorney-General [1984] HKLR 411 Chung v The Queen (2007) 175 A Crim R 579 Coleman v Power and Ors [2004] HCA 39 DPP v Shirvanian (1998) 44 NSWLR 129 Gaby Rona v District Court of South Australia and Ors (1995) 63 SASR 223 Giorgianni v R (1985) 156 CLR 473 Hunter v Chief Constable of West Midlands [1981] UKHL 13 Jago v District Court of NSW (1989) 168 CLR 23 Maxwell v The Queen (1996) 184 CLR 501 Moevao v Deparment of Labour [1980] 1 NZLR 464 Nolan v Curby [1995] NSWCA 324 O'Meara v The Queen [2009] NSWCCA 90 Poidevin v Semaan [2013] NSWCA 334 R v Bristol Magistrates Court [1998] 3 All ER 798 R v Brown (1989) 17 NSWLR 472 R v Croydon Justices, ex parte Deane [1993] 3 All ER 129 R v LK; R v RK [2010] HCA 17 R v Mai & Tran (1992) 26 NSWLR 371 R v Mohi [2000] SASC 384 R v Trainor (1991) 56 A Crim R 102 R v Vuckov and Romeo (1986) 40 SASR 498 Rogers v R (1994) 181 CLR 251 Semaan v Poidevin [2013] NSWSC 226 Visser v Hodgetts [2002] TASSC 44 Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378 Williams v Spautz (1992) 174 CLR 509 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: NSW Police Bradley James Rankin (defendant/ applicant) Alan Leslie Roberts (defendant/ applicant) Representation: Mr Cochrane for the defendants Senior Sergeant McMahon for the Police Bolt Findlay Solicitors for the defendants File Number(s): 2013/5073; 2013/5484 Publication restriction: Nil