Marino v The Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2021] NSWSC 468

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Marino v The Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2021] NSWSC 468 Hearing dates: 26 April 2021 Date of orders: 4 May 2021 Decision date: 04 May 2021 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Schmidt AJ Decision: 1. Leave to file the appeal out of time and to appeal an interlocutory order is granted. 2. The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: APPEALS – Procedure – Time limits – Appeal brought out of time – Where appeal filed in wrong court – Where appeal against interlocutory order of the Local Court – s 53(3)(b) Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 – Leave granted APPEALS – Leave to Appeal – Principles governing – Whether appeal an abuse of process – Whether Uniform Civil Procedure Rules governed the impugned decision in the Local Court – Adequacy of reasons given – Proper construction of s 26 of the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 – Appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) ss 3, 4, 9, 61, 67, Sch 1, Pts 3-9 Civil Procedure Regulation 2017 (NSW) reg 16 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Pt 15A Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW) ss 52, 53, Pt 5 Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW) ss 3, 11, 13, 15, 25, 26, 27, 28A, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 33A, 40, 48, 49, 60, 62, 65, 68, 73, 84, 85, 91, 92, 93, Pt 10 Criminal Code (Cth) s 474.17 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Ch 4 Pt 2 Local Court Act 2007 (NSW) ss 70(1)(c), 71, Pts 3, 4 Local Court Rules 2009 (NSW) r 4.1, Pt 4 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 1.5, 13.4, 18.1, 18.3, 50.16A, Sch 1 Cases Cited: Brimson v Rocla Concrete Pipes [1982] 2 NSWLR 937 Cunningham v Cunningham [2012] NSWSC 849 Grassby v The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 1; [1989] HCA 45 Henskens v Rudd [2020] NSWSC 533 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd & 2 Ors v Ryde Local Court & 3 Ors A Crim R 527; 62 NSWLR 512; [2005] NSWCA 101 Marino v Bello [2021] NSWDC 52 Medich v Local Court of NSW (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 1390 Pelechowski v Registrar, Court of Appeal (NSW) (1999) 198 CLR 435; [1999] HCA 19 Tilse v NSW [2013] NSWDC 265 Texts Cited: Macquarie Online Dictionary Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mr Marino (Plaintiff) The Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr R Coffey (Defendant)