Van der Vegt v R [2016] NSWCCA 279

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Van der Vegt v R [2016] NSWCCA 279 Hearing dates: 15 August 2016 Decision date: 02 December 2016 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1] Campbell J at [2] Button J at [15] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) Appeal against conviction dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL – appeal against conviction – whether Crown Prosecutor invited jury to draw adverse inferences by reason of applicant's silence about certain matters – whether right to silence infringed Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6 Criminal Appeal Rules 1912 (NSW), r 4 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 89, 89A Cases Cited: Azzopardi v The Queen (2001) 205 CLR 50; [2001] HCA 25 Petty v The Queen; Maiden v The Queen (1991) 173 CLR 95; [1991] HCA 34 RPS v The Queen (2000) 199 CLR 620; [2000] HCA 3 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Brenton James Van der Vegt Regina Representation: Counsel: G Brady SC (Applicant) C McGorey (Applicant) M Cinque SC (Respondent)

Solicitors: Maggie Orman Pty Ltd (Applicant) Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2012/42054 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: District Court of New South Wales Jurisdiction: Criminal Date of Decision: 6 June 2014 Before: DCJ Toner SC File Number(s): 2012/42054