R v Warwick (No.28) [2018] NSWSC 812

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Warwick (No.28) [2018] NSWSC 812 Hearing dates: 30 May 2018 Date of orders: 30 May 2018 Decision date: 30 May 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Garling J Decision: (1) Set aside paragraph 15 of the subpoena, Exhibit PTV, filed 4 May 2018. (2) Allow in lieu the following paragraph 15: "All records of investigations into those individuals specified below concerning the matters referred to in paragraph (a) above, including Police notebooks of the investigating officers:

Shoukat (Michael) Abroo, Silvano Franco Mariti, Edwin Colin Archbold, Zvonko Franov, Khalid Hamze (also known as Khalid Hamzy), John Louden, Gordon Wiseman, Harold Albert Thurgood, William Pearson and John Zengerer." (3) Otherwise dismiss the Notice of Motion filed 21 May 2018. Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – application to set aside one paragraph of a subpoena issued to Commissioner of NSW Police – where subpoena sought documents relating to 53 possible suspects – whether subpoena amounted to discovery and was a fishing expedition – where a legitimate forensic purpose existed in respect of 10 individuals – no oppression – paragraph set aside – amended version of paragraph permitted Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 Cases Cited: Alister v The Queen [1984] HCA 45; (1984) 154 CLR 404 Carroll v Attorney-General of New South Wales (1993) 70 A Crim R 162 R v Saleam [1999] NSWCCA 86 R v Warwick (No. 12) [2018] NSWSC 522 R v Warwick (No. 15) [2018] NSWSC 652 R v Warwick (No. 16) [2018] NSWSC 733 Texts Cited: Not Applicable Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: The Crown Leonard John Warwick (Accused) Representation: Counsel: K McKay / G Christofi (Crown) A R Conolly / E Ramsay (Accused) P Singleton (Commissioner NSW Police)