R v Moore [2015] NSWSC 1263

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Moore [2015] NSWSC 1263 Hearing dates: 10 August 2015 Date of orders: 10 September 2015 Decision date: 10 September 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: Application for certificate refused. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – COSTS – Costs in Criminal Cases – nature of test – evidence excluded on voir dire – whether unreasonable to institute proceedings – prosecutor entitled to seek to adduce evidence – retrospective wisdom – does not include predicting findings as to credit – does not include predicting exercise of discretion – application refused Legislation Cited: Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1967 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Allerton v DPP (1991) NSWLR 550 Attorney-General of Queensland v Holland (1912) 15 CLR 46 John Fejsa (1995) 82 A Crim R 235 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534 Mordaunt v DPP [2007] NSWCA 121; 171 A Crim R 510 R v Cardona [2002] NSWSC 823 R v Dunne (Supreme Court (NSW), 17 May 1990, unrep) R v Dunne; R v Pike and others [2010] NSWDC 224 R v Fesja (1995) 82 A Crim R 253 R v Johnston [2000] NSWCCA 197 R v Krishna [1999] NSWSC 525 R v Manley [2000] NSWCCA 196; 49 NSWLR 203 R v Pavey (1997) 98 A Crim R 396 R v Simmons; R v Moore (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 143 R v Simmons; R v Moore (No 3) [2015] NSWSC 189 R v Tooes [2008] NSWSC 291 Reg v Williams (1970) 91 WN (NSW) 145 Warick Ian MacFarlane (Supreme Court (NSW), 12 August 1994, unrep) Warwick Ian MacFarlene (Supreme Court (NSW), 12 August 1994, unrep) Category: Costs Parties: Crown Kieran Moore (Applicant) Representation: Counsel: P Barrett (Crown) J Stratton SC (Applicant)