LH v R [2020] NSWCCA 262

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: LH v R [2020] NSWCCA 262 Hearing dates: 16 July 2020 Date of orders: 15 October 2020 Decision date: 15 October 2020 Before: Payne JA at [1]; Wilson J [2]; Ierace J [115] Decision: 1. Leave to appeal against the convictions recorded against the applicant with respect to counts 2 and 3 is refused Catchwords: CRIME – appeals – appeal against conviction – child sexual assault offences – asserted inconsistencies in evidence of Crown witnesses – whether the verdicts were unreasonable – whether there was a miscarriage of justice Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Cases Cited: Gilbert v The Queen (2000) 201 CLR 414; [2000] HCA 15 Libke v The Queen (2007) 239 CLR 599; [2007] HCA 30 MFA v The Queen (2002) 213 CLR 606; [2002] HCA 53 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487; [1994] HCA 63 Pell v The Queen (2020) 376 ALR 478; [2020] HCA 12 R v Dudko (2002) [2000] NSWCCA 336; 132 A Crim R 371 R v Milat (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 26 February 1998, unrep) SKA v The Queen (2011) 243 CLR 400; [2011] HCA 13 The Queen v Baden-Clay (2016) 258 CLR 308; [2016] HCA 35 Category: Principal judgment Parties: LH (Appellant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: D Shridhar (Appellant) C Curtis (Respondent)