Lunney v Director of Public Prosecutions [2021] NSWCA 186

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Lunney v Director of Public Prosecutions [2021] NSWCA 186 Hearing dates: 11 March 2021 Decision date: 25 August 2021 Before: Meagher JA at [1]; White JA at [8]; McCallum JA at [9]. Decision: (1) Extend the time within which the summons may be filed to 17 December 2020. (2) Dismiss the summons with costs. Catchwords: APPEALS – nature of appeal – appeal by way of rehearing – appeal against conviction under s 11(1) of the Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act – where applicant appealed from the Local Court to the District Court alleging specific errors on the part of the Local Court – whether the District Court was required to undertake a complete review of the whole of the evidence and form its own view as to the applicant's guilt regardless of the issues raised in the appeal – absence of any clearly articulated argument the resolution of which required a review of the whole of the evidence Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 59(1), 61, 418-419 Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW) ss 11, 14(2), 17, 18, 19 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) ss 5B, 6(1) District Court Act 1973 (NSW) s 176 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) ss 69, 75A Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1995 (NSW) r 59.10(1) Cases Cited: AG v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2015] NSWCA 218 Allesch v Maunz (2000) 203 CLR 172; [2000] HCA 40 Bell v Stewart (1920) 28 CLR 419; [1920] HCA 68 Charara v R (2006) 164 A Crim R 39; [2006] NSWCCA 244 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Burns (2010) 207 A Crim R 362; [2010] NSWCA 265 Director of Public Prosecutions v Emanuel (2009) 193 A Crim R 552; [2009] NSWCA 42 Dwyer v Calco Timbers Pty Ltd (2008) 234 CLR 124; [2008] HCA 13 Engelbrecht v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2016] NSWCA 290 Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118; [2003] HCA 22 Garde v Dowd (2011) 80 NSWLR 620; [2011] NSWCA 115 Kirk v Industrial Court of New South Wales (2010) 239 CLR 531; [2010] HCA 1 Lazarus v Independent Commission Against Corruption [2019] NSWCA 100 Liberato v The Queen (1985) 159 CLR 507; [1985] HCA 66 McKellar v Director of Public Prosecutions [2011] NSWCA 91 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZVFW (2018) 264 CLR 541; [2018] HCA 30 Paterson v Paterson (1953) 89 CLR 212; [1953] HCA 74 Schokman v Director of Public Prosecutions [2001] NSWCA 334 SKA v The Queen (2011) 243 CLR 400; [2011] HCA 13 Wany v Director of Public Prosecutions (2020) 103 NSWLR 620; [2020] NSWCA 318 Texts Cited: New South Wales Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council, 17 September 1998, p7595 Category: Principal judgment Parties: J W Lunney (Applicant) Director of Public Prosecutions (First Defendant) District Court of New South Wales (Second Defendant) Local Court of New South Wales (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: P Strickland SC, A Poukchanski (Applicant) D Kell SC, M Adams (Respondent)