Health Services Executive v Judge White & Others (notice parties)
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Court | High Court |
Judge | Mr. Justice John Edwards |
Judgment Date | 22 May 2009 |
Neutral Citation | [2009] IEHC 242 |
Date | 22 May 2009 |
BETWEEN
AND
AND
[2009] IEHC 242
THE HIGH COURT
CRIMINAL LAW
Disclosure
Third party disclosure - Defendants charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment arising from alleged neglect of relative - Applicant health board ordered by trial judge to make disclosure of certain material - Applicant not party to criminal prosecution - Equality of arms principle - Subpoena duces tecum - Separation of powers - Whether circuit court empowered to make disclosure order - Whether power to make disclosure order against non-party - Whether public interest and constitutional imperative of fair trial provided grounds for order - Whether applicant's status as State body of relevance - Whether disclosure order in the nature of order of discovery - Whether courts obliged to interpret and develop common law rules of procedure so as to vindicate constitutional rights - Whether making of order in breach of separation of powers - DH v Groarke [2002] 3 IR 524, DPP v Sweeney [2001] 4 IR 102, Ward v Special Criminal Court [1999] 1 IR 60, JF v Reilly [2005] IEHC 198 (Unrep, Macken J, 10/06/2005), JF v Reilly [2007] IESC 32 [2008] 1 IR 753, PG v DPP [2006] IESC 19 [2007] 3 IR 39, DPP v Flynn [1996] 1 ILRM 317, Conlon v Kelly [2001] ILRM 198, DPP v SK (Unrep, Circuit Court, Judge Dunne, 14/12/1999), Nolan v Irish Land Commission [1981] IR 23, DPP v JB [2006] IESC 66 (Unrep, Supreme Court, 29/11/2006), O'Callaghan v Mahon [2005] IESC 9 & [2005] IEHC 265 [2006] 2 IR 32, Jespers v Belgium [1981] 27 DR 61, Rowe & Davis v United Kingdom (2000) 30 EHRR 1, DPP v Browne [2008] IEHC 391 (Unrep, McMahon J, 9/12/2008), DPP v McCarthy [2007] IECCA 64 [2008] 3 IR 1, DPP v Kelly [1987] IR 596, R v Collister and Warhurst (1995) 39 Cr App R 100, R v Parks [1961] 1 WLR 1484, R v Paraskeva (1982) 76 Cr App R 162, Braddish v DPP [2001] 3 IR 127, Dunne v DPP [2002] 2 IR 305, Scully v DPP [2005] IESC 11 [2005] 1 IR 242, McFarlane v DPP [2006] IESC 11 [2007] 1 IR 134, Whelan v Kirby [2004] IESC 17 & [2004] IESC 66 [2005] 2 IR 30, McGonnell v AG [2004] IEHC 312 (Unrep, McKechnie J, 16/9/2004), Traynor v Delahunt [2008] IEHC 272 [2009] 1 IR ???, BJ v DPP [2003] 4 IR 525, DPP v GK (Unrep, Court of Criminal Appeal, 06/06/2002), DPP v JT (1988) 3 Frewen 141, X and Y v Netherlands (1986) 8 EHRR 235, DPP (Walsh) v Cash [2007] IEHC 108 (Unrep, Charleton J, 28/3/2007), DPP v Tuite (1983) 2 Frewen 175, R v Ward [1993] 1 WLR 619, Healy v DPP [2007] IEHC 87 (Unrep, McGovern J, 13/3/2007), Dodd v DPP [2007] IEHC 97 (Unrep, McGovern J, 13/3/2007), Edwards v United Kingdom 15 EHRR 417, R v PJO'N [2001] NICC 5, R v Boucher [1955] SCR 326, DPP v Special Criminal Court [1999] 1 IR 60, McKevitt v DPP (Unrep, SC, 18/03/2003), McKevitt v DPP [2005] IECCA 139 (Unrep, CCA, 09/12/2005), R v Ward (1993) 96 Cr App R 1, R v Keane [1994] 1 WLR 746, DPP v Gilligan [2005] IESC 78 [2006] 1 IR 107, Z v DPP [1994] 2 IR 476, D v DPP [1994] 2 IR 465, Blanchfield v Hartnett [2002] 3 IR 207, R (Martin) v Mahoney [1910] 2 IR 695, State (Healy) v Donoghue [1976] IR 325, In re Criminal Law (Jurisdiction) Bill 1975 [1977] IR 129, Kelly v O'Neill [2000] 1 IR 354, DPP v O'Shea [1982] IR 384, DPP v Quilligan (No 2) [1989] IR 46, B v DPP [1997] 3 IR 140, PC v DP [1999] 2 IR 25, Bowes and McGrath v DPP (Unrep, Supreme Court, 6/2/2003), RD Cox Ltd v Owners of MV Fritz Raabe [2002] 1 ILRM 532, O'Doherty v AG [1941] IR 569, State (Quinn) v Ryan [1965] IR 70, Sinnott v Minster for Education [2001] 2 IR 549, MM v PM [1986] ILRM 515, Buckley v AG [1950] IR 67, O'Reilly v Limerick Corporation [1989] ILRM 181, TD v Minister for Education [2001] 4 IR 259, FN v Minister for Education [1995] 1 IR 409, DG v Eastern Health Board [1997] 3 IR 511, DB v Minister for Justice [1999] 1 IR 29, Crotty v An Taoiseach [1987] IR 713, McKenna v An Taoiseach (No 2) [1995] 2 IR 10, McMenamin v Ireland [1996] 3 IR 100, DPP v O'Shea [1982] IR 384, DPP v Shaw [1982] IR 1, Doyle v Commissioner of An Garda Síochána [1999] 1 IR 249, Megaleasing UK Ltd v Barrett [1993] ILRM 497 and Lord Montague v Dudman 2 Ves Sen 396 considered - Courts of Justice Act 1947 (No 20), s 16 - Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (No 39), ss 11 and 25 - European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003 (No 20), ss 1, 2 and 3 - Constitution of Ireland, articles 15, 28, 34, 38.1 and 40.4.1 - European Convention on Human Rights, art 6 - Rules of the Superior Courts 1986 (SI 15/1986) O 31 - Disclosure order quashed (2008/646JR - Edwards J - 22/5/2009) [2009] IEHC 242
HSE v White
Facts: An application had been brought by the third named notice party seeking the disclosure of certain documents from the applicant who was a non-party to certain criminal proceedings taken. The second and third named notice parties were the family and daughter of a deceased woman who was alleged to have died from neglect and malnourishment. An independent review was commission by the applicant as to the circumstances of the death of the woman. The second and third named notice parties were then charged with the unlawful killing of the woman and then sought disclosure of various documentary materials relating to the investigation. An order was made in the Circuit Court directing the Health Services Executive to make available to the Director of Public Prosecutions inter alia all material made available to the investigation. The applicant had obtained leave for judicial review and various orders in respect of orders granted by the respondent. The applicant submitted that they were not a party to the criminal proceedings and that the duty of disclosure did not extend beyond the prosecution to non-parties. The issue arose as to the inherent jurisdiction of the courts and the applicable precedent to the proceedings.
Held by Edwards J. That the circumstances did not exist for the trial judge to fashion a novel remedy in the absence of a sound jurisdictional basis. The respondent had exceeded his jurisdiction and a Declaration would be granted, in addition to an order of certiorari.
Reporter: E.F.
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