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AGLC: R v Tsang [2017] VCC 196
Case: [2017] VCC 196
Decision Date: 3 March 2017

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R v Tsang [2017] VCC 196

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R v Shum [2017] VCC 1031

Cases Citing This Decision

R v Watkins and Spry (No.2) [2015] QDC 268
Citation 1 (Para 1)

…In Tsang v R (2011) 35 VR 240, the defendant was convicted and sentenced for an offence of importation of a commercial quantity of the controlled drug MDMA. The prosecution case included evidence of four lawfully intercepted telephone conversations between a co-defendant and an alleged co-conspirator. The defendant…
Michael Teague v The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions [2025] VSCA 70
Citation 2 (Para 1)

…1) 104 CLR 1, 6; [1961] ALR 780; Ahern v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 87, 93; 80 ALR 161, 163 ( Ahern ); see also Tsang v The Queen (2011) 35 VR 240; [2011] VSCA 336, [37] (‘ Tsang’ ). [40] R v Masters (1992) 26 NSWLR 450, 464 (‘ Masters ’); R v Bilick (1984) 36 SASR 321, 331–2; Caratti v The Queen (2000) 22 WAR 527; […
Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Kola [2024] HCA 14
Citation 3 (Para 21)

…nspiracy.[71] [65] Tripodi v The Queen (1961) 104 CLR 1 at 6; Ahern v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 87 (" Ahern ") at 93; see also Tsang v The Queen (2011) 35 VR 240 (" Tsang ") at 250 [37]. [66] R v Masters (1992) 26 NSWLR 450 (" Masters ") at 464; R v Bilick (1984) 36 SASR 321 at 331-332; Caratti v The Queen (2000) 22…
DPP v Tran [2024] VSCA 16
Citation 4 (Para 6)

…hile remaining important, are often required to yield or be accorded less weight than in respect of other kinds of offences.[4] [4] Tsang v The Queen (2011) 35 VR 240, 274 [162] (Nettle and Neave JJA and Sifris AJA); [2011] VSCA 336.…
Mason (a pseudonym) v The King [2023] VSCA 75
Citation 5 (Para 3)

…ses. The applicant pointed to a number of cases which she contends are comparable: Tsang v DPP (Cth) ;[21] R v Elfar ;[22] and R v Kassir. [23] [21](2011) 35 VR 240; [2011] VSCA 336 (head sentence of 29 years). [22][2017] QCA 170 (head sentence of 30 years). [23][2020] NSWCCA 88 (head sentence of 10 years).…
Nichols (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 273
Citation 6 (Para 1)

…] [11]For completeness, we note that the applicant’s evidence at trial was that he came to Australia when he was aged 14. [12]See Tsang v DPP (2011) 35 VR 240, 265 [107] (‘ Tsang ’).…
Hiu Mei Lam v R [2021] VSCA 241
Citation 7 (Para 1)

…judge should have so found. [27] Tripodi v The Queen (1961) 104 CLR 1. [28] Ahern v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 87. [29] Tsang v DPP (Cth) (2011) 35 VR 240.…
Hill v The Queen [2021] SASCA 83
Citation 8 (Para 5)

…support of that contention decisions of the Victorian and New South Wales Courts of Appeal in Tsang v R [6] and Elomar v R .[7] [6] [2011] VSCA 336, (2011) 35 VR 240 at [35]-[38] per Nettle and Neave JJA and Sifris AJA. [7] [2014] NSWCCA 303, (2014) 316 ALR 206 at [263]-[284] per Bathurst CJ, Hoeben CJ at CL and S…
Lindsey (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 230
Citation 9 (Para 1)

…ses under which evidence of statements made by a third person co-accused in the absence of the accused may be admissible against the accused. [11](2011) 35 VR 240; [2011] VSCA 336. [12](1961) 104 CLR 1; [1961] HCA 22. [13](1988) 165 CLR 87; [1988] HCA 39.…
R v Marshall [2020] QSC 400
Citation 10 (Para 1)

…as original evidence; (2) under the co-conspirators’ rule; or (3) as circumstantial evidence relevant to the prosecution or defence case: Tsang v R (2011) 35 VR 240, [35] – [38]; Le Cornu v Thomas (DEWNR) [2019] SASCFC 154, [16].…
R v Kassir [2020] NSWCCA 88
Citation 11 (Para 70)

…The final case referred to by the Crown was Tsang v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) (2011) 35 VR 240; [2011] VSCA 336 (‘ Tsang ’). The applicant was convicted by a jury of importing a commercial quantity of MDMA having a total pure weight of 74.1 kilograms with an estimated retail value of between $38.4 milli…
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd [2019] FCA 1170
Citation 12 (Para 18)

…peared to be accepted that the totality principle might apply to foreign sentences. In Tsang v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2011] VSCA 336; 35 VR 240, the Court of Appeal of Victoria considered whether a sentencing judge had erred in not taking into account a period of imprisonment that the appella…
R v Azari (No 7) [2018] NSWSC 1680
Citation 13 (Para 26)

…(Macfarlan JA agreeing) in Wing Cheong Li v R (2010) 199 A Crim R 419; [2010] NSWCCA 40 (“ Wing Cheong Li v R ”) and the decision of Tsang v R (2011) 35 VR 240; [2011] VSCA 336 (“ Tsang v R ”) (at [35]-[38]), submitting that the statements of principle in those cases apply to the admissibility of the third-party c…
Anthony Pham v The Queen [2018] VSCA 200
Citation 14

…[22] R v Nguyen (2010) 205 A Crim R 106, 127 [72](j); Dao v The Queen; Tran v The Queen (2014) 240 A Crim R 574, 580 [9]; Tsang v DPP (Cth) (2011) 35 VR 240, 274 [162]; Lieu v The Queen [2016] VSCA 277 [43].…
An Lanh Vo v The Queen [2016] VSCA 278
Citation 15 (Para 1)

…im R 106, 127 [72]; R v Chen (2002) 130 A Crim R 300, 382–383 [286]. [18] R v Nguyen; R v Pham (2010) 205 A Crim R 106, 127 [72]; Tsang v DPP (Cth) (2011) 35 VR 240, 274 [162] (Nettle and Neave JJA, Sifris AJA).…
Lieu v The Queen [2016] VSCA 277
Citation 16 (Para 1)

…uyen (2010) 205 A Crim R 106, 127 [72(j)]; Dao v The Queen ; Tran v The Queen (2014) 240 A Crim R 574, 580 [9] (Nettle JA); Tsang v DPP (Cth) (2011) 35 VR 240, 274-275 [162] (Nettle and Neave JJA, Sifris AJA).…
Shahbazi v The Queen [2016] VSCA 270
Citation 17 (Para 1)

…rison J agreed). [15] R v Nguyen (2010) 205 A Crim R 106, 127 [72] (Johnson J, with whom MacFarlan JA and RA Hulme J agreed); Tzang v DPP (Cth) (2011) 35 VR 240, 274–5 [162] (Nettle and Neave JJA, Sifris AJA).…
DPP (Cth) v Estrada [2015] VSCA 22
Citation 18

…v Adams [2007] VSCA 37, [24] (Vincent JA) and Lau v The Queen [2011] VSCA 324, [43] (Neave and Hansen JJA, and Beach AJA). See also Tsang v DPP (Cth) (2011) 35 VR 240, 278 [180] (Nettle and Neave JJA and Sifris AJA); Pham v The Queen ; Tang v The Queen [2012] VSCA 101, [8] (Redlich JA), [41] (Harper JA) (‘ Pham ’).…
DPP (Cth) v Peng [2014] VSCA 128
Citation 19 (Para 1)

…turning to his homeland, little weight should be attributed to such hardship in the sentencing calculus. [15][2011] VSCA 324, [43] ( ‘Lau’ ). [16](2011) 35 VR 240, 278 [180]. [17][2007] VSCA 37.…
R v El-Debel; R v Kahlon (No 2) [2022] ACTSC 134
Citation 20 (Para 1)

…In R v Azari (No 7) [2018] NSWSC 1680, Adams J was confronted with a similar argument. Her Honour referred, at [33], to Tsang v R [2011] VSCA 336; 35 VR 240:…
R v Vitale [2020] SADC 95
Citation 21 (Para 20)

…is purpose, the element of discretion implicit in the term “reasonable evidence” is desirable.[56] [Emphasis added]. [54] R v Tsang (2011) 35 VR 240 at [76]. [55] Corak at [405]-[406]. [56] At 100.…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Abo Abdo [2024] VCC 1666
Citation 22

…r & Golding [2017] QCA 170; R (Cth) v Yuan (2015) 252 A Crim R 422; [2015] NSWCCA 198; DPP (Cth) v Barbaro & Zirilli [2012] VSC 47; Tsang v DPP (Cth) (2011) 35 VR 240; (2011) 255 FLR 41; (2011) 219 A Crim R 304; [2011] VSCA 336; Geraghty v R [2023] NSWCCA 47; Mason (a pseudonym) v The King [2023] 376 FLR 98; VSCA 7…
CDirector of Public Prosecutions v Drew [2024] VCC 497
Citation 23

…7] VSCA 176 - R v Mills [1998] 4 VR 235 - Azzopardi v The Queen [2011] VSCA 372 - R v Merrett, Piggot & Ferrari [2007] VSCA 1 - Tsang v The Queen (2011) 35 VR 240 - Morgan v The Queen [2013] VSCA 33 - DPP v Merryfull; DPP v Bloomfield [2023] VSCA 244 - Arthars v The Queen; Plater v The Queen [2013] VSCA 258 Sentenc…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Barry [2023] VCC 2244
Citation 24

…l or circumstantial connection between the WA offences and the Victorian one may bear upon the weight to be given to it.[9] [7] Tsang v The Queen (2011) 35 VR 240; Morgan v The Queen [2017] VSCA 33; see also prosecution plea submissions paragraph [22]. [8] Mill v R [1988] HCA 70 [80]; McIntosh (a pseudonym) v The Q…
CDirector of Public Prosecutions v Huynh [2021] VCC 175
Citation 25

…Cases Cited: Tsang (2011) 35 VR 240; Mill (1988) 166 CLR 59; Todd (1982) 2 NSWLR 517; UE [2016] QCA 58; Alpha [2015] NSWCCA 225; Matthews and others [2014] VSCA 291; Siddiqi [2015] NSWCCA 169; Garzon [2018] VCC 484; Chen [2018] VCC 1348 Sentence:7 years imprisonment – 4 years 8 months non-parole period…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Petherick [2020] VCC 901
Citation 26

…[1](2011) 35 VR 240, 274 [162].…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Saydali [2020] VCC 876
Citation 27

…[5](2011) 35 VR 240, 274 [162].…
DPP v Osman [2020] VCC 638
Citation 28

…v The Queen (2014) 240 A Crim R 574 – R v Nguyen (2010) 205 A Crim R 106 – Tsang v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) (2011) 35 VR 240 – R v Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269 – Atholwood v The Queen (1999) 109 A Crim 465 – Cameron v The Queen (2002) 209 CLR 339 – Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) (2013) 40 VR 436 – Markovic v The Q…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Whittingham [2019] VCC 313
Citation 29

…v Arundell [2003] VSCA 69; R v Broad [1999] 3 VR 31; R v Machtas (1992) 62 A Crim R 179; Tsang v The Queen (2011) 35 VR 240 Sentence: Total effective sentence of 5 years’ imprisonment with a non-parole period of 3 years and 4 months’ imprisonment…
R v Shum [2017] VCC 1031
Citation 30

…en v The Queen; Phommalysack v The Queen (2011) 31 VR 673; R v Lin [2016] VCC 2016; R v Yeung [2017] VCC 1003; R v Odumegwu [2016] VCC 553; R v Tsang [2017] VCC 196; Zang v R [2010] NSWCCA 105; Tsai Yu v R [2016] NSWCCA 73; Chan, Lo & Nguyen v The Queen [2010] NSWCCA 153; R v Nguyen; R v Pham (2010) 205 A Crim R…

Cases Cited

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Lau v The Queen [2011] VSCA 324
Citation 1

…imposed for the lesser offence of attempting to possess a marketable quantity and tables dealing with that offence as set out in the case of Lau v R [2011] VSCA 324.…
Nguyen v The Queen [2011] VSCA 32
Citation 2

…submissions made by each party on those so called comparable cases. I was also directed to cases dealing with matters of principle such as Nguyen v R [2011] VSCA 32. Even some of the other cases to which I was referred containing matters of principle had themselves a selection of sentences referred to. See for in…

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