Manly Council v Leech (No 2) [2015] NSWLEC 204

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Manly Council v Leech (No 2) [2015] NSWLEC 204 Hearing dates: 17, 18 Decmeber 2015 Date of orders: 23 December 2015 Decision date: 23 December 2015 Jurisdiction: Class 5 Before: Biscoe J Decision: The defendant's notice of motion for costs filed on 1 October 2015 is dismissed. Catchwords: COSTS – defendant acquitted of a criminal charge seeks costs against prosecutor – whether proceedings initiated without reasonable cause or conducted in an improper manner – whether investigation conducted in unreasonable or improper manner or unreasonable failure to investigate – obligation of a prosecutor to call all available witnesses unless there is some good reason not to do so. Legislation Cited: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 ss 257C, 257D(1) Cases Cited: Beatson v R [2015] NSWCCA 17 Canceri v Taylor [1994] 123 ALR 667 Diehm v Director of Public Prosecutions (Nauru) [2013] HCA 42, 303 ALR 42 Kanan v Australia Post and Telecommunications Commission (1992) 43 IR 257 Lismore City Council v Ihalainen (No 3) [2015] NSWLEC 53 Manly Council v Horizon Habitats Pty Ltd [2015] NSWLEC 15 Manly Council v Leech [2015] NSWLEC 149 Pittwater Council v A1 Professional Tree Recycling Pty Ltd (No 3) [2009] NSWLEC 21, 165 LGERA 6 R v Apostilides [1984] HCA 38, 154 CLR 563 R v Kneebone [1999] NSWCCA 279, 47 NSWLR 450 R v Pavy [1997] 98 A Crim R 396 Wehbe v Kogarah City Council [2015] NSWLEC 170 Category: Costs Parties: Manly Council (Prosecutor) Denis John Leech (Defendant) Representation: COUNSEL: A Djemal and J Smith (Prosecutor) A Pickles SC (Defendant)