R v Warwick (No.84) [2019] NSWSC 1908

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Warwick (No.84) [2019] NSWSC 1908 Hearing dates: 09 December 2019 Date of orders: 09 December 2019 Decision date: 09 December 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Garling J Decision: Application by the Accused for adjournment of Notices of Motion dated 7 November 2019 and 25 November 2019 is refused. Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – Trial – application by the accused for adjournment of two Notices of Motion by NSW Commissioner of Police – whether subpoenas objected to have a legitimate forensic purpose - not satisfied that adjournment of Notices of Motion is justified - application dismissed Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 Cases Cited: Director of Public Prosecutions Reference No 1 of 2017 [2019] HCA 9 Prasad v R [1994] HCA 2; (1994) 68 ALJR 194 R v Warwick (No.12) [2018] NSWSC 522 The Commissioner for Railways v Small (1938) 38 SR (NSW) 564 Waind v Hill [1978] 1 NSWLR 372 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 / I Benson (Accused) P Singleton (Commissioner of Police NSW)

Solicitors: Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) A R Conolly & Co (Accused) State Crown Solicitor's Office (Commissioner of Police NSW) File Number(s): 2015/222068 Publication restriction: Suppression order in relation to the names of the Accused's wife and daughter: see R v Warwick (No.7) [2018] NSWSC 236. Suppression orders in relation to identification of particular witnesses.