Maamary, Norm --- "Determining Where the Truth Lies: Institutional Prosecutors and the Tort of Malicious Prosecution" [2008] SydLawRw 18; (2008) 30(2) Sydney Law Review 357

^[∗] Final year student, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney. The author would very much like to thank Ross Anderson for his guidance in developing this paper.

^[1] A v New South Wales [2007] HCA 10; (2007) 233 ALR 584.

^[2] Edward Bullen & Stephen Martin Leake, Precedents of Pleadings in Actions in the Superior Courts of Common Law (3^rd ed, 1868) at 350–356.

^[3] Mitchell v John Heine and Son Ltd [1938] NSWStRp 33; (1938) 38 SR (NSW) 466 (‘Mitchell v John Heine’).

^[4] Sharp v Biggs [1932] HCA 54; (1932) 48 CLR 81 (‘Sharp v Biggs’).

^[5] For a detailed description of the facts, refer to A v New South Wales [2007] HCA 10; (2007) 233 ALR 584 at 588–589 (Gleeson CJ, Gummow, Kirby, Heydon & Crennan JJ).

^[6] A v New South Wales [2007] HCA 10; (2007) 233 ALR 584 at 590 (Gleeson CJ, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne, Heydon & Crennan JJ).

^[7] Id at 591.

^[8] Ibid.

^[9] Commonwealth Life Assurance Society Ltd v Brain [1935] HCA 30; (1935) 53 CLR 343 (‘Brain’).

^[10] A v New South Wales [2005] NSWCA 292 at 171–172 (Beazley JA).

^[11] A v New South Wales [2007] HCA 10; (2007) 233 ALR 584 at 601 (Gleeson CJ, Gummow, Kirby, Heydon & Crennan JJ).

^[12] Ibid.

^[13] Ibid.

^[14] Id at 601–602.

^[15] See David Ipp, ‘Must a Prosecutor Believe that the Accused is Guilty? Or, was Sir Frederick Jordan Being Recalcitrant?’ (2005) 79 Australian Law Journal 233.

^[16] Mitchell v John Heine & Son Ltd [1938] NSWStRp 33; (1938) 38 SR (NSW) 466 at 469 (Jordan CJ).

^[17] A v State of New South Wales [2005] NSWCA 292 at 109 (Beazley JA).

^[18] Sharp v Biggs [1932] HCA 54; (1932) 48 CLR 81 at 106 (Dixon J).

^[19] A v State of New South Wales [2005] NSWCA 292 at 109 (Beazley JA).

^[20] Commonwealth Life Assurance Society Ltd v Brain [1935] HCA 30; (1935) 53 CLR 343.

^[21] A v State of New South Wales [2005] NSWCA 292 at 74 (Beazley JA).

^[22] Id at 85 (Beazley JA).

^[23] Ipp, above n15 at 237.

^[24] A v New South Wales [2007] HCA 10; (2007) 233 ALR 584 at 604 (Gleeson CJ, Gummow, Kirby, Heydon & Crennan JJ).

^[25] Id at 604–605.

^[26] Id at 604.

^[27] Ipp, above n15 at 236.

^[28] A v New South Wales [2007] HCA 10; (2007) 233 ALR 584 at 605 (Gleeson CJ, Gummow, Kirby, Heydon & Crennan JJ).

^[29] Id at 606.

^[30] Id at 608.

^[31] Ibid.

^[32] Id at 609.

^[33] Id at 610.

^[34] Ibid.

^[35] A v State of New South Wales [2005] NSWCA 292 at 175 (Beazley JA).

^[36] Trobridge v Hardy [1955] HCA 68; (1955) 94 CLR 147.

^[37] Id at 155 (Fullagar J).

^[38] Glinski v McIver [1962] AC 726 (‘Glinski’).

^[39] A v State of New South Wales [2005] NSWCA 292 at 178 (Beazley JA).

^[40] A v New South Wales [2007] HCA 10; (2007) 233 ALR 584 at 611 (Gleeson CJ, Gummow, Kirby, Heydon & Crennan JJ).

^[41] Ibid.

^[42] Id at 632 (Callinan J).

^[43] A v New South Wales [2007] HCA 10; (2007) 233 ALR 584 at 590 (Gleeson CJ, Gummow, Kirby, Heydon & Crennan JJ).

^[44] Id at 591.

^[45] Id at 613.

^[46] Id at 616.

^[47] Ibid.

^[48] Id at 617.

^[49] Ipp, above n15 at 234.

^[50] Glinski v McIver [1962] AC 726.

^[51] Id at 758 (Denning LJ).

^[52] Ibid.

^[53] A v New South Wales [2007] HCA 10; (2007) 233 ALR 584 at 629 (Callinan J).

^[54] Ipp, above n15 at 239.