R v Dickson; R v Issakidis (No 12) [2014] NSWSC 1595

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Dickson; R v Issakidis (No 12) [2014] NSWSC 1595 Hearing dates: 7 November 2014 Date of orders: 10 November 2014 Decision date: 10 November 2014 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: Application by Michael Issakidis that the jury be discharged granted. Application by Michael Issakidis for a separate trial is refused. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – discharge of jury – late provision of material – material copied by Australian Taxation office – whether in possession of Crown – accused not granted same level of access as Crown – effect on trial – separate trial – observations in R v Darby – whether any evidence in trial only admissible against one accused. Legislation Cited: - Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s142 - Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth), s 263, s 264 Cases Cited: - Ahern v R [1988] HCA 39; 165 CLR 87 - Dietrich v R [1992] HCA 57; 177 CLR 292 - Libke v R [2007] HCA 30; 230 CLR 559 - R v Baladjam (No 57) [2008] NSWSC 1471 - R v Basha (1989) 39 A Crim R 337 - R v Darby [1982] HCA 32; 148 CLR 668 - R v Dickson; R v Issakidis (No 1) [2014] NSWSC 1068 - R v Dickson; R v Issakidis (No 6) [2014] NSWSC 1368 - R v Dickson; R v Issakidis (No 9) [2014] NSWSC 1460 - R v Dickson; R v Issakidis (No 11) [2014] NSWSC 1570 - R v Ronen [2004] NSWSC 1289 - R v Saleam [1999] NSWCCA 86 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Crown (Commonwealth Prosecutor) Anthony James Dickson (Accused (12/140639)) Michael John Issakidis (Accused (12/128506)) Representation: Counsel: M. McHugh SC, S. Flood, A.P.C. McGrath (Crown) B. Gross QC, C.G. Catt (Dickson) M.J. Byrne QC (Issakidis)