NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R v Pratten (No 18) [2015] NSWSC 902 Hearing dates: 3 July 2015 Date of orders: 07 July 2015 Decision date: 08 July 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Rothman J Decision: See [36] Catchwords: EVIDENCE – claim for public interest immunity over documents sought by accused – public interest in maintaining working relationship between law enforcement agencies in Australia and Vanuatu – disclosure of documents not in public interest for administration of justice as documents not assist accused's case any more than is currently available – claim for public interest immunity upheld Legislation Cited: Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987 (Cth) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Alister v The Queen [1983] HCA 45; (1983-1984) 154 CLR 404 Sankey v Whitlam (1978) 142 CLR 1 Styles v Clayton Utz [2011] NSWSC 1314 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina (Crown) Commonwealth of Australia Timothy Charles Pratten (Accused) Representation: Counsel: M. McHugh SC with/TA Berberian (Crown) A. Markus (Commonwealth of Australia) S. Grant with/B. Dean (Accused)
Solicitors: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) Australian Government Solicitor (Commonwealth of Australia) O'Brien & Hudson Solicitors (Accused) File Number(s): 2010/00315475
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