R v RB; Attorney-General (NSW) as Intervenor (No 2) [2019] NSWDC 511

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v RB; Attorney-General (NSW) as Intervenor (No 2) [2019] NSWDC 511 Hearing dates: 06 September 2019 Date of orders: 06 September 2019 Decision date: 06 September 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Grant DCJ Decision: I decline to make the orders sought in the Notice of Motion dated 6 August 2019 Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Sexual offence proceedings — Admissibility of evidence related to lack of sexual experience — Admissibility of evidence related to false complaints — Misleading — s 135 Evidence Act 1995 — Unfair Prejudice — s 137 Evidence Act 1995 Legislation Cited: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Evidence Act 1995 Cases Cited: Adam v R (2001) 207 CLR 96 BB (No 2) [2017] NSWCCA 142 BBH v R (2012) 245 CLR 499 Gypsy Jokers Motorcycle Club Incorporated v Commissioner of Police [2008] HCA 4 IMM v R (2016) 257 CLR 300 KS v Veitch (No 2) (2012) 84 NSWLR 174 Papakosmas v R (1999) 196 CLR 297 R v Clarke (2001) 123 CLR 506 R v PJE (Court of Criminal Appeal unreported 9 October 1995) R v RB; Attorney General (NSW) as Intervenor [2019] NSWDC 368 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina (Crown) RB (Accused) Representation: Counsel: M Kumar (Crown) F Graham (Accused)

Solicitors: Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Crown) Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ ACT (Accused) File Number(s): 2017/00056625 Publication restriction: Identifiers of complainant, accused.