R v Mitrev [2019] NSWDC 503

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Mitrev [2019] NSWDC 503 Hearing dates: 11 February 2019;12 February 2019 Decision date: 13 February 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: King SC DCJ Decision: The defence application for a permanent stay of proceedings is refused. The matter is listed for trial on 11/6/19 at 10 a.m. Trial Date confirmed. Trial estimate: 3 weeks Catchwords: CRIMINAL – knowingly make false statement on oath – notice of motion - application for permanent stay of proceedings – test of fairness - onus on the applicant to establish factual basis for the stay, and satisfy the Court that any trial would be an abuse of process – competence of interpreter used in previous court hearings – no audio recordings – defence argument that its inability to raise honest mistake, carelessness, misunderstanding or inadvertence causing possible prejudice to accused rejected. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Cases Cited: Williams v Spautz (1991-92) 174 CLR 509 (529); Dupas v R (2010) 241 CLR 237 Jago (1989) HCA 46; 168 CLR 23 R v Davis (1995) 57 FCR 512 R v McCarthy NSWCCA 12 August 1994, R v Reeves (1994) 122 ACTR 1 TSVR [2014] NSWCCA 174 Walton v Gardiner (1993) HCA 77; 177 CLR 378 Webb v R; R v Webb [2012] NSWCCA 216 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina Very Reverend Father Mitko Mitrev Representation: Counsel: Mr B Hughes Mr L Katsinas