R v Ronald Edward Medich (No. 38) [2018] NSWSC 322

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Ronald Edward Medich (No. 38) [2018] NSWSC 322 Hearing dates: 1 March 2018 Date of orders: 14 March 2018 Decision date: 14 March 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Bellew J Decision: See [54] Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – Practice and Procedure – Witnesses – Where Crown declined to call witness or make him available for cross-examination on the grounds of unreliability – Whether Court should order witness to be called – Power of the Court to do so – Whether temporary stay of proceedings should be granted – Whether to call the witness Cases Cited: Diehm v DPP (Nauru) [2013] HCA 42; 303 ALR 42 Lane v R [2013] NSWCCA 317; 241 A Crim R 321 MacDonald v R; Maitland v R (2016) 93 NSWLR 736; [2016] NSWCCA 306 R v Apostilides (1984) 154 CLR 563; [1984] HCA 38 R v Kneebone (1999) 47 NSWLR 450; [1999] NSWCCA 279 R v O'Brien [1996] SASC 6172; 66 SASR 396 R v Seller; R v McCarthy (2015) 89 NSWLR 155; [2015] NSWCCA 76 Richardson v R (1974) 131 CLR 116; [1974] HCA 19 Whitehorn v R (1983) 152 CLR 657; [1983] HCA 42 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina (Crown) Ronald Edward Medich (Accused) Representation: Counsel: Ms S Harris and Ms G Wright (Crown) Mr W Terracini SC and Ms M Curry (Accused)

Solicitors: Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Colin Daley Quinn (Accused) File Number(s): 2010/356916 Publication restriction: Nil