Recent Cases

Dacich v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW); Kennedy v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (No 2) [2020] NSWCA 346 (18 December 2020) (Basten JA)


Catchwords:


JUDICIAL REVIEW – application to review numerous matters related to criminal prosecutions – need to identify decisions – need to identify grounds – repetition of grounds previously dismissed – abuse of process

JUDICIAL REVIEW – application to review sentence imposed by district Court – operation of statutory stay – stay following grant of bail – Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), ss 69, 69A, 69C

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – bail – pending application for special leave to appeal to the High Court – no evidence that application filed – special circumstances

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – repeat application for judicial review – reopening dismissed application – whether frivolous and vexatious – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 13.4