Macdonald v R; Maitland v R [2016] NSWCCA 306

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Macdonald v R; Maitland v R [2016] NSWCCA 306 Hearing dates: 4 November 2016 Date of orders: 16 December 2016 Decision date: 16 December 2016 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; R A Hulme J at [143]; Bellew J at [144] Decision: Grant the applicants leave to appeal; Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal – criminal procedure – temporary stay of proceedings

STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION – principle of legality – whether the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 (NSW) abrogates the accusatorial principle such that compelled evidence given over objection in public hearings before ICAC may be made available to the prosecution prior to charges being laid

CRIMINAL LAW – appeal – whether findings of primary judge available on the evidence Legislation Cited: Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 (Cth) Crime Commission Act 2012 (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 (NSW) Mining Act 1992 (NSW) New South Wales Crime Commission Act 1985 (NSW) Cases Cited: A v Maughan (2016) 50 WAR 263; [2016] WASCA 128 Coco v The Queen (1994) 179 CLR 427; [1994] HCA 15 Duncan v ICAC [2016] NSWCA 143 Gillett v State of New South Wales [2009] NSWSC 421 Greiner v Independent Commission Against Corruption (1992) 28 NSWLR 125 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Jago v District Court of NSW (1989) 168 CLR 23; [1989] HCA 46 Lee v NSW Crime Commission (2013) 251 CLR 196; [2013] HCA 39 Lee v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 455; [2014] HCA 20 Medaris v Lars Halvorsen & Sons Pty Ltd (1943) 44 SR (NSW) 71 R v Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission (2016) 256 CLR 459; [2016] HCA 8 R v OC (2015) 90 NSWLR 134; [2015] NSWCCA 212 X7 v Australian Crime Commission (2013) 248 CLR 92; [2013] HCA 29 X7 v R [2014] NSWCCA 273; (2014) 292 FLR 57 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ian Michael Macdonald (Applicant) Representation: Counsel: S J Odgers SC / T S Corish (Applicant Macdonald) D Jordan SC / E Kerkyasharian (Applicant Maitland) N Williams SC / J E Davidson (Respondent)