MEDICH v R [2015] NSWCCA 281

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: MEDICH v R [2015] NSWCCA 281 Hearing dates: 18 August 2015 Date of orders: 13 November 2015 Decision date: 13 November 2015 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Beazley P at [188]; Hidden J at [189] Decision: 1 Grant the applicant leave to appeal. 2 Dismiss the appeal. 3 On the grounds referred to in s 8(1)(a) of the Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW), the Court, pursuant to s 7 of that Act, orders that the judgment in this appeal and the Court's orders are suppressed, save for the disclosure of either to the parties and their legal representatives for the purposes of the proceedings. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal – murder charge - interlocutory orders – permanent or temporary stay of proceedings – where applicant examined before NSW Crime Commission – where police investigators present at examination – where prosecutors and police sent examination transcript – where examination of accused used in examination of other suspect – whether fundamental aspect of fair trial had been altered such as to warrant a stay of proceedings Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) Crime Commission Act 2012 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) New South Wales Crime Commission Act 1985 (NSW) Cases Cited: Dupas v The Queen [2010] HCA 20; 241 CLR 237 House v The King [1936] HCA 40; 55 CLR 499 Jago v District Court (NSW) [1989] HCA 46; 168 CLR 23 Lee v NSW Crime Commission [2013] HCA 39; 251 CLR 196 Lee v The Queen [2014] HCA 20; 253 CLR 455 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li [2013] HCA 18; 249 CLR 332 R v Edwards [2009] HCA 20; 83 ALJR 717 R v Medich (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 1313 R v MG [2007] NSWCCA 57; 69 NSWLR 20 R v Seller; R v McCarthy [2015] NSWCCA 76 R v X [2014] NSWCCA 168 Ridgeway v The Queen [1995] HCA 66; 184 CLR 19 The Queen v Glennon [1992] HCA 16; 173 CLR 592 TS v R [2014] NSWCCA 174 Walton v Gardiner [1993] HCA 77; 177 CLR 378 Warren v Coombes [1979] HCA 9; (1979) 142 CLR 531 Webb v R [2012] NSWCCA 216; 225 A Crim R 550 X7 v Australian Crime Commission [2013] HCA 29; 248 CLR 92 X7 v R [2014] NSWCCA 273 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ronald Edward Medich (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: N Williams SC / A Francis / B Mostafa (Applicant) W Abraham QC / J Davidson (Respondent)