Case Name: The Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of NSW v AS

Medium Neutral Citation: [2018] NSWSC 664

Hearing Date(s): 5 March 2018

Decision Date: 7 May 2018

Jurisdiction: Common Law

Before: Latham J

Decision: The offender, AS, is convicted of the offence of contempt and is sentenced to a fixed term of nine months’ imprisonment to date from 1 November 2019, expiring 31 July 2020

Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - sentence - contempt in the face of the court - plea of guilty - wilful refusal to answer questions

Cases Cited:

Registrar of the Court of Appeal v Raad (NSWCA) 9 June 1992 (unreported)

Wood v Staunton (No. 5) Registrar of Court of Appeal v Maniam (No. 2) (1992) 26 NSWLR 309 Registrar of the Court of Appeal v Raad (NSWCA) 9 June 1992 (unreported)Wood v Staunton (No. 5) (1996) 86 A Crim R 183

Category: Sentence

Parties: Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of NSW (Crown)

AS (Defence)

Representation: Counsel:

D Kell SC and M Pulsford (Crown)

G James QC (Defence)



Solicitors:

Crown Solicitor for NSW (Crown)

De Pasquale Lawyers (Defence)

File Number(s): 2018/20054