Chief Magistrate’s Notes (CMN) A Evidence – Flight Abuse of process Evidence – Fresh Evidence Adjournment Evidence – Identification Age Evidence – Privilege Animals Evidence – Protected Witness Assault Evidence – Rules Apprehended Bias Evidence – Search B Evidence – Search – Emergent Bail Evidence – Search – Mobile phone Barbaro Evidence – Search – Reasonable suspicion Bias Evidence – Search – Vehicle Body Corporate Evidence – Similar Facts C Evidence – Telephone Child Protection Evidence – Victim Impact Statement Civil Evidence – Weissensteiner Confessions Executive Liability Complaints Exhibits Consciousness of guilt Extortion Contempt Extradition Convictions F Costs – Civil Fair Trading Costs – Domestic Violence Fisheries Act Costs – Justices Act Forfeiture Costs – Peace and Good Behaviour Act Fraud Cross-examination G D GBH Defence – Accident I Defence – Consent Intent Defence – Domestic Discipline Interpreter Defence – Emergency J Defence – Exercise of right of way or easement Joinder Defence – Honest Claim L Defence – Mistake Legal Practitioner Defence – Of a dwelling Liquor Defence – Provocation M Digital devices Media Disclosure Mental Health Dishonesty N Domestic Violence Domestic Violence – Necessary or desirable Natural Justice Domestic Violence – Retrospective No Case Drugs O E Obstruct Elections Voting P Evidence Parties Evidence – Admissions Peace and Good Behaviour Act Evidence – Circumstantial Peaceful Assembly Evidence - DNA Police Evidence – Experts Practice Practice – Justices Act Practice – Exhibits Page | 1 Practice – Procedural fairness Sentence – Record Conviction (s12 PSA) Prison Hardship Sentence – Rehab Protests Sentence – Restitution Public Nuisance Sentence – Riot R Sentence – Serious Assault Reasonable Diligence Sentence – Sexual Offences Restricted Computer Sentence – Stalking S Sentence – Suspended Sentence Section 16 Criminal Code Sentence – Totality Sentence – Aboriginals Sentence – Trespass Sentence – Admissions (AB) Sentence – Uncharged Conduct Sentence – AOBH Sentence – Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle Sentence – Burglary Sentence – VIS Sentence – Common Assault Sentence – Workplace Sentence – Commonwealth Sentence – Youth Sentence – Compensation Service Sentence – Co-operation Ships Sentence – Criminal History Stalking Sentence – Cumulative Strangulation Sentence – Dangerous Operation Sustainable Planning Act 2009 Sentence – Delay T Sentence – Deportation Traffic Sentence – Discretion Traffic – Disqualification of Licence Sentence – Disobeying the speed limit Traffic – Disqualified Driving Sentence – Disputed Facts Traffic – Driving under the influence Sentence – Domestic Violence Traffic – Driving without due care and attention Sentence – Drugs Traffic – Fail to give way Sentence – Each Charge Traffic – Fail to stop Sentence – Extra-Curial Punishment Traffic – Disobeying the speed limit Sentence – Family Considerations Traffic – Unlicensed Driving Sentence – FASD U Sentence – Fine Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle Sentence – Food Unlicensed building work Sentence – Fraud/Stealing W Sentence – Hardship Weapons Sentence – Imprisonment Wilful Damage Sentence – Land Clearing Wilful Exposure Sentence – Leaving a child under 12 unattended Workplace Sentence – Liquor Y Sentence – Maximum Penalty Youth Sentence – Mentally Impaired Sentence – Mentally Impaired – Verdins Sentence – Parity Sentence – Parole Sentence – Pin Codes Sentence – Plea of Guilty Sentence - Police Sentence – Presentence Custody Sentence – Probation Sentence – Record Conviction Page | 2 ABUSE OF PROCESS Abbott v Commissioner of Police [2016] QSC 95 42/16 Extradition: Service and Execution of Process Act 1992 (Cth). See [39], [44] and [57] Hong Minh Nguyen trading as Mobile PC Doctor v 99/16 Test for abuse of process. See [19], [25] and [33] Sensis Pty Ltd [2016] QDC 304 ADJOURNMENT Laurent v Commissioner of Police [2015] QDC 160 29/15 Application for an adjournment was refused based upon the defendant’s ill health – natural justice AGE PM v Childrens Court of the Australian Capital - Whether a person born on 29 February 2000 was a Territory & Ors [2018] ACTSC 258 child or an adult on 28 February 2018 R v KAK [2020] QDC 244 80/20 Rebut the presumption that a person under the age of 14 years of age is not criminally responsible pursuant to s.29 Criminal Code 1899 ANIMALS Johnson v RSPCA Queensland [2016] QDC 185 70/16 Breach of duty of care (failing to take reasonable steps to provide appropriately) Jolley v Queensland Police [2018] QDC 12 17/18 Breach of duty of care (inappropriate handling / sexual acts) Flaherty v Petersen [2018] QDC 21 22/18 Breach of duty of care (failing to obtain veterinary treatment) Forbes v Copely [2018] QDC 171 71/18 Taking a protected animal (crocodile) Usherwood v Keegan & Ors [2020] QSC 263 63/20 Process to follow when making order to return seized animals ASSAULT Marshall v Queensland Police Service [2015] QDC 79/15 Use more force than reasonably necessary. Reliance 261 on s 279 Criminal Code Act 1899 Taurino v Commissioner of Police [2015] QDC 322 109/15 Conviction: bodily harm Isitt v The Commissioner of Police [2016] QDC 308 8/17 Intention to apply force JLK v Queensland Police Service [2018] QDC 128 56/18 Assault occasioning bodily harm (domestic violence offence) Harvey v Queensland Police Service & Director of 19/19 Attempted or threatened application of force Public Prosecutions (Queensland) [2019] QCA 5 HKY v Queensland Police Service [2019] QDC 218 13/20 Prosecution failed to prove that the assault of the complainant caused bodily harm. Definition of “bodily harm” APPREHENDED BIAS Gaudie v Local Court of NSW and Anor [2013] 16/15 Principles: application for disqualification NSWSC 1425 BAIL Barry v Commissioner of Police [2015] QDC 061 5/15 s 158A Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 De Waal v Commissioner of Police [2016] QDC 26 21/16 Bail pending appeal Williams & Hughes, Re an Application for Bail 79/16 Guilty plea to serious offences – exceptional [2016] QDC 204 circumstances Chidgey v Commissioner of Police [2016] QDC 224 90/16 Breach of bail – medical certificate Ayling v Commissioner of Police [2017] QDC 42 42/17 Failure to appear in accordance with undertaking Ackland v Director of Public Prosecutions (Qld) 61/17 Unacceptable risk – domestic violence offences [2017] QCA 75 Page | 3 Etienne v Commissioner of Police [2018] QDC 6 15/18 Failing to appear in accordance with undertaking / Showing cause Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Turner & 8/19 Whether there is a discretion to forfeit an Anor [2016] QSC 107 undertaking on a fail to appear. s31(1)of Bail Act 1980 Atwani v Commissioner of Police [2020] QSC 123 61/20 Terrorism offence. S15AA Crimes Act 1914 Sullivan v Queensland Police Service [2020] QDC 69/20 Breach of bail condition – fine 220 Re DNV [2020] QSC 276 79/20 Variation of conditions – jurisdiction of courts to excuse compliance with conditions BARBARO Commonwealth of Australia v Director, Fair Work 111/15 Whether Barbaro v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58 Building Industry Inspectorate; CFMEU v Fair applies to civil proceedings Work Building Industry Inspectorate [2015] HCA 46 BIAS Berg v Director of Public Prosecutions (Qld) [2015] 83/15 Whether the primary judge was biased in QCA 196 determining fitness for trial Dawson v Commissioner of Police [2015] QDC 295 94/15 Whether magistrate was biased against appellant Rowley v Commissioner of Police [2017] QDC 88 49/17 Whether magistrate was biased or partial – whether magistrate had communication with the prosecution BODY CORPORATE Body Corporate for Donnelly House CTS37465 v 25/15 Appointment of an administrator to implement the Shaw [2015] QDC 139 orders of an adjudicator CHILD PROTECTION Director of Child Protection Litigation v MCE & 41/20 Long-term Guardianship Order, s62 Child Protection Anor [2020] QChC 15 Act 1999 KP v Director of Child Protection Litigation Unit & 42/20 Delay, temporary custody order, exception to 3 Anor [2020] QChC 16 month rule CIVIL Hong Minh Nguyen trading as Mobile PC Doctor v 99/16 Costs Sensis Pty Ltd [2016] QDC 304 GoGetta Equipment Funding Pty Limited a 6/17 Recovery actions by commercial agents, non- division of Silverchef Limited v Putohe [2016] compliance with rules relating to an originating QMC 21 process Aguilar & Anor v Egnalig [2017] QCA 175 98/17 Application to set aside a summary judgment YJ Pty Ltd & Ors v Huang’s Properties Pty Ltd 9/19 Whether the Magistrates Court has jurisdiction to [2018] QDC 240 order recovery and delivery of possession of premises where the tenancy has been determined by forfeiture CONFESSIONS Pora v The Queen [2015] UKPC 9 21/15 Confessions, reliability, neurological function Flaherty v Petersen [2018] QDC 21 22/18 Admissions, failure to warn COMPLAINTS Harrison v President of the Industrial Court of 91/16 Duplicitous complaints election, power to amend Queensland & Ors [2016] QCA 89 complaint, criminal pleading under the Justices Act 1886, purpose of particulars Page | 4 Prus-Butwilowicz v Winston [2016] QDC 232 93/16 Whether complainant authorised to swear complaint Critchley v Schlumberger Oilfield Australia Pty Ltd 18/17 Whether complaint discloses offence, amendment [2016] QDC 338 of complaint Goli (Commissioner of State Revenue) v 32/17 Whether complaint and summons defective where Thompson & Anor [2017] QDC 4 offence provisions repealed. Striking out charges that are sufficient at law Stancombe v Commissioner of Police [2017] QDC 105/17 Power to amend 276 Williamson v ADG Engineers (Aust) Pty Ltd [2018] 85/18 Dismissal for non-appearance of complainant