Lam v R; Lam v R [2015] NSWCCA 87

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Lam v R; Lam v R [2015] NSWCCA 87 Hearing dates: 9 March 2015 Date of orders: 06 May 2015 Decision date: 06 May 2015 Before: Meagher JA at [1]; Schmidt J at [2]; Bellew at [103] Decision: In each case, leave to appeal be granted, but the appeal be dismissed Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – leave to appeal and appeal against sentence – whether justifiable sense of grievance as to the disparity of sentence imposed upon co-offender – leave to appeal granted – appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure Act) 1999 (NSW) Criminal Code 1995 (Cth). Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Cases Cited: Abbas, Bodiotis, Taleb and Amoun v R [2013] NSWCCA 115 Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 [2002] NSWCCA 518; (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Cahyadi v The Queen [2007] NSWCCA 1; (2007) 168 A Crim R 41 England v R; Phanith v R [2009] NSWCCA 274 GN v R [2012] NSWCCA 96 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen [2011] HCA 49; (2011) 244 CLR 462 Hili v R; Jones v R [2010] HCA 45; (2010) 242 CLR 520 Lowe v The Queen [1984] HCA 46; (1984) 154 CLR 606 McLaren v R [2012] NSWCCA 284 Melikian v R [2008] NSWCCA 156 Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39; (2011) 244 CLR 120 Nguyen v R [2007] NSWCCA 14 Paxton v R [2011] NSWCCA 242; (2011) 219 A Crim R 104 Postiglione v The Queen [1997] HCA 26; (1997) 189 CLR 295 Power v The Queen [1974] HCA 26; (1974) 131 CLR 623 R v Cramp [2004] NSWCCA 264 R v Do [2005] NSWCCA 209 R v Grube [2005] NSWCCA 140 R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111; (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 R v MacDonnell [2002] NSWCCA 34; (2002) 128 A Crim R 44 R v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; (1999) 199 CLR 270 R v Shi [2004] NSWCCA 135 R v Wilson [2005] NSWCCA 219 R v XX [2009] NSWCCA 115; (2009) 195 A Crim R 38 Tan v R [2014] NSWCCA 96 Tatana v Regina [2006] NSWCCA 398 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Chun Kit Lam Chun Lok Lam Regina Representation: Counsel: Mr I Lloyd SC with Mr D Clarke (Applicants) Mr J Pickering SC (Crown)