R v Chandler (No. 1) [2017] NSWSC 1565

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Chandler (No. 1) [2017] NSWSC 1565 Hearing dates: 20 October 2017 Date of orders: 20 October 2017 Decision date: 20 October 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Johnson J Decision: 1. An order is made under the Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 prohibiting publication of the fact that Mr Chandler has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Tateolena Tauifaga. 2. This order will operate until further order of the Court, with the expectation that the present order will be lifted when the jury returns verdicts at Mr Chandler's armed robbery trial to proceed in early 2018. 3. The non-publication order made by the Court is to operate throughout the Commonwealth of Australia. [These orders were lifted on 4 July 2018] Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – Offender pleads guilty in Supreme Court to manslaughter – Offender charged with armed robbery offences to proceed to trial by jury in District Court – earlier trial of armed robbery matters aborted because of publicity concerning circumstances of manslaughter offence – temporary non-publication order made concerning manslaughter proceedings – order to be lifted after verdicts returned in armed robbery trial Legislation Cited: --- Cases Cited: Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 Texts Cited: ---- Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina (Crown) Christopher Chandler (Offender) Representation: Counsel: Mr M Tedeschi AM QC; Mr A Morris (Crown) Mr PJ McGrath SC (Offender)