Belan v Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2021] NSWCA 96

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Belan v Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2021] NSWCA 96 Hearing dates: 23 April 2021 Decision date: 20 May 2021 Before: Meagher JA at [1]; Leeming JA at [2]; McCallum JA at [89]. Decision: (1) Summons filed 24 December 2020 dismissed, with costs. (2) Application for bail (2021/109835) filed 20 April 2021 dismissed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - judicial review - jurisdictional error - appeal to District Court from conviction and sentence imposed by Local Court - plaintiff granted bail pending determination of appeal - District Court dismissed appeal against conviction and revoked bail without hearing from plaintiff - District Court granted adjournment for sentence appeal - at subsequent hearing of sentence appeal, District Court refused disqualification application, gave Parker warning and sentence appeal was withdrawn - conceded breach of procedural fairness in revocation of bail - whether District Court decisions affected by apprehended bias - whether jurisdictional error in dismissing conviction appeal - summons dismissed Legislation Cited: Bail Act 2013 (NSW), ss 5, 14, 71 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 192E Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW), ss 11, 63, 67 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 53A, 53B District Court Act 1973 (NSW), s 176 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 42.1 Cases Cited: Bagshaw v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2016] NSWCA 340 Bagshaw v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2018] NSWCA 14 Belan v Commissioner of Corrective Services [2020] NSWSC 1503 Brown v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions [2016] NSWCA 333 Concrete Pty Ltd v Parramatta Design & Developments Pty Ltd (2006) 229 CLR 577; [2006] HCA 55 Craig v South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163; [1995] HCA 58 Dacich v Director of Public Prosecutions (No 2) [2020] NSWCA 298 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337; [2000] HCA 63 Garde v Dowd (2011) 80 NSWLR 620; [2011] NSWCA 115 Hay v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2020] NSWCA 75 Jamal v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2019] NSWCA 121 Lazarus v Independent Commission Against Corruption [2019] NSWCA 100; 367 ALR 274 Liristis v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2015] NSWCA 261 Liristis v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2016] NSWCA 66 Nguyen v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2020] NSWCA 173) Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte Lam (2003) 214 CLR 1; [2003] HCA 6 Scott v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2015] NSWCA 60 Tay v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2014] NSWCA 267 Templeton (a pseudonym) v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2018] NSWCA 335 Toth v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2018] NSWCA 253 Vok v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2019] NSWCA 242 Windsor v Health Care Complaints Commission [2020] NSWCA 110 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Derrick Belan (Plaintiff) Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (First Defendant) District Court of New South Wales (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Higgins, S Lawrence (Plaintiff) B K Baker, K E Heath (First Respondent)