Marwan v Director of Public Prosecutions [2019] NSWCCA 161

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Marwan v Director of Public Prosecutions [2019] NSWCCA 161 Hearing dates: 11 July 2019 Date of orders: 11 July 2019 Decision date: 18 July 2019 Before: Leeming JA at [1]; R A Hulme J at [78]; Adamson J at [79] Decision: 1. Grant leave to appeal. 2. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – stay of proceedings – temporary stay – applicant charged with sexual intercourse without consent – main issue at trial consent – ambulance officer made note concerning complainant's history "ANXIETY, DEPRESSION - OFF MEDICATION FOR 4/12 SINCE -> AUSTRALIA" – complainant resident of United Kingdom – applicant sought stay pending prosecution making inquiries of complainant's mental health and obtaining records of diagnosis and treatment – stay refused by primary judge – consideration of nature of duty of disclosure – consideration of circumstances when duty extended to duty to make inquiries – nature of evidentiary onus upon applicant for a stay – no obligation to make inquiries in present case – appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 61I Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5F Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), Chapter 6, Part 5, Division 2 Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986 (NSW), s 14 Legal Profession Uniform Conduct (Barristers) Rules 2015, rr 87, 88, 89, 90 Cases Cited: AJ v R (2011) 32 VR 614; [2011] VSCA 215 Commissioner of State Revenue v ACN 005 057 349 Pty Ltd (2017) 261 CLR 509; [2017] HCA 6 Dietrich v The Queen (1992) 177 CLR 292; [1992] HCA 57 Eastman v Director of Public Prosecutions (No 13) [2016] ACTCA 65 Gould v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2018] NSWCCA 109; 359 ALR 142 Hegarty v Queensland Ambulance Service [2007] QCA 366 LAL v The Queen [2011] VSCA 111 Leiper v R [2018] NSWCCA 117 Mallard v The Queen (2005) 224 CLR 125; [2005] HCA 68 R v Brown (Winston) [1998] AC 367 R v Garofalo [1999] 2 VR 625; [1998] VSCA 145 R v Grey [2000] NSWCCA 46; 111 A Crim R 314 R v Keane [1994] 1 WLR 746 R v Lipton (2011) 82 NSWLR 123; [2011] NSWCCA 247 R v Reardon (No 2) (2004) 60 NSWLR 454; [2004] NSWCCA 197 R v Seller; R v McCarthy (2015) 89 NSWLR 155; [2015] NSWCCA 76 R v Spiteri (2004) 61 NSWLR 369; [2004] NSWCCA 321 Re K [2002] NSWCCA 374 State of New South Wales v Briggs (2016) 95 NSWLR 467; [2016] NSWCA 344 Strickland v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions [2018] HCA 53; 93 ALJR 1 The Queen v K (1991) 161 LSJS 135 Texts Cited: Department of Public Prosecution, Prosecution Guidelines, Guideline 18 "Disclosure" Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mirco Marwan (Applicant) Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: