Bertran v Honourable Amanda Vanstone [1999] FCA 1117

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Bertran v Honourable Amanda Vanstone [1999] FCA 1117 EXTRADITION – Arrest on provisional arrest warrant – Bail pending determination of extradition proceedings – Special circumstances justifying bail – Whether applicant entitled to bail upon establishing special circumstances justifying bail – Whether discretion to refuse bail notwithstanding special circumstances justifying bail – Applicant would be entitled to bail in country seeking extradition in respect of offence for which that country requests his return – Whether a matter magistrate bound to take into account in determining whether special circumstances justifying bail exist. Extradition Act 1988 (Cth) s 15(2), (6), 21(6) Felton v Mulligan (1971) 124 CLR 367 applied Stack v Coast Securities (No 9) Pty Ltd (1983) 154 CLR 261 cited Philip Morris Inc v Adam P Brown Male Fashions Pty Ltd (1981) 148 CLR 457 cited Fencott v Muller (1983) 152 CLR 570 cited Re Wakin; Ex parte McNally & Anor [1999] HCA 27 cited Décor Corporation Pty Ltd v Dart Industries Inc (1991) 33 FCR 397 applied Jarrett v Seymour (1993) 119 ALR 46 applied Wu v Attorney‑General (1997) 79 FCR 303 considered Schoenmakers v Director of Public Prosecutions (1991) 30 FCR 70 considered Holt v Hogan [No 1] (1993) 44 FCR 572 considered Kainhoffer v Director of Public Prosecutions (1993) 48 FCR 9 considered Re Nacif‑Borge 829 F Supp 1210 (1993) considered Re Rouvier 839 F Supp 537 (1993) considered Re Siegmund 887 F Supp 1383 (1995) considered Re Morales 906 F Supp 1368 (1995) considered Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko‑Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 considered Wright v Henkel 190 US 40 (1903) cited

MARCO PASINI BERTRAN v THE HON AMANDA VANSTONE, in her capacity as Minister for Justice for the Commonwealth, DAVID McDONNELL, in his capacity as Governor of Port Phillip Prison and BRIAN BARROW V 240 OF 1999