Bangura v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2020] NSWCA 138

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Bangura v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2020] NSWCA 138 Hearing dates: 7 July 2020 Date of orders: 7 July 2020 Decision date: 08 July 2020 Before: Basten JA; Ward JA; McCallum JA Decision: (1) Extend time to file the summons seeking review of the judgment in the District Court convicting the applicant to 6 March 2020. (2) Dismiss the summons filed by the applicant on 6 March 2020. (3) The applicant is to pay the first respondent's costs in this Court. Catchwords: JUDICIAL REVIEW – crime – review of judgment of District Court on appeal from Local Court – jurisdictional error – no tenable ground Legislation Cited: Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) s 69 Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW), ss 75, 79; Pt 7 Cases Cited: Charara v The Queen [2006] NSWCCA 244; 164 A Crim R 39 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Amadu Bangura (Applicant) Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (First Respondent) District Court of New South Wales (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr T Yeh (Applicant) Mr C McGorey (First Respondent)

Solicitors: Applicant self-represented Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (First Respondent) Crown Solicitor's Office (Second Respondent) File Number(s): 2020/72865

[Note: The Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 provide (Rule 36.11) that unless the Court otherwise orders, a judgment or order is taken to be entered when it is recorded in the Court's computerised court record system. Setting aside and variation of judgments or orders is dealt with by Rules 36.15, 36.16, 36.17 and 36.18. Parties should in particular note the time limit of fourteen days in Rule 36.16.]