Franklin v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2022] NSWCA 58

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Franklin v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2022] NSWCA 58 Hearing dates: 1 February 2022 Date of orders: 12 April 2022 Decision date: 12 April 2022 Before: Basten JA at [1]; Macfarlan JA at [22]; Brereton JA at [48] Decision: Summons dismissed with costs. Catchwords: CRIME — appeal and review — appeal from Local Court to District Court — privative clause precludes judicial review unless jurisdictional error — whether refusal by a District Court judge to state a case to the Court of Criminal Appeal under s 5B of the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) amounted to a jurisdictional error APPEALS — procedural fairness — bias or apprehension of bias — District Court judge after correction on appeal declined for a second time to state a case because an answer by the Court of Criminal Appeal to the question of law in favour of the applicant would not have affected the outcome of the appeal to the District Court Legislation Cited: Child Welfare Act 1939 (NSW), s 176 Crimes (Amendment) Act 1924 (NSW), s 33 Crimes (Amendment) Act 1929 (NSW), s 17 Crimes (Amendment) Act 1951 (NSW), s 7(b) Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW), s 18(2) Crimes (Appeal and Review) Amendment (Double Jeopardy) Act 2006 (NSW), Sch 2.2[2] Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5B District Court Act 1973 (NSW), ss 8, 176 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 69 Fair Work Act 1994 (SA), s 206 Justices Act 1902 (NSW) Justices Appeal Act 1881 (NSW), 45 Vic No 4, s 1 Reserved Criminal Cases Act 1849 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 69 Cases Cited: Abebe v Commonwealth (1999) 197 CLR 510; [1999] HCA 14 Australian National Industries Ltd v Spedley Securities Ltd (1992) 26 NSWLR 411 Charara v Director of Public Prosecutions [2001] NSWCA 140; (2001) 120 A Crim R 225 Charisteas v Charisteas [2021] HCA 29; (2021) 95 ALJR 824 Cook v Cook (1923) 33 CLR 369 Craig v South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163; [1995] HCA 58 Director of Public Prosecutions v Cassell (1995) 80 A Crim R 160 Downey v Acting District Court Judge Boulton (No 5) (2010) 78 NSWLR 499; [2010] NSWCA 240 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337; [2000] HCA 63 Elias v DPP (NSW) [2012] NSWCA 302; 222 A Crim R 286 Finance Facilities Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1971) 127 CLR 106; [1971] HCA 12 Forrest v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2020] NSWCA 162; 286 A Crim R 191 Franklin v Director of Public Prosecutions [2021] NSWCA 83 Gibson v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (No 2) (2021) 105 NSWLR 434; [2021] NSWCA 218 Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 264 CLR 123; [2018] HCA 34 Jankovic v Director of Public Prosecutions [2020] NSWCA 31; (2020) 281 A Crim R 378 Johnson v Johnson (2000) 201 CLR 488; [2000] HCA 48 Julius v Bishop of Oxford (1880) 5 App Cas 214 Kirby v Dental Council of New South Wales [2018] NSWSC 1869 Kirby v Dental Council of New South Wales [2020] NSWCA 91 Kirk v The Industrial Court of New South Wales (2010) 239 CLR 531; [2010] HCA 1 Landsman v Director of Public Prosecutions [2013] NSWCA 369 Lynch v His Honour Judge Cameron-Smith (NSWCA, Reynolds, Glass and Samuels JJA, 29 April 1982, unreported); (1982) 6 Petty Sessions Review 2565 Macdougall v Paterson (1851) 11 CB 755; 138 ER 672 Mack Fleet Pty Ltd v Transport for NSW [2020] NSWCA 149; (2020) 93 MVR 242 McDonald v Cogill (NSWCA, Moffitt P, Samuels JA and Mahoney JA), 13 October 1978, unreported) McGavin, ex parte; Re Berne (1945) 46 SR(NSW) 58; 63 WN(NSW) 45 Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Nicholls (2011) 244 CLR 427; [2011] HCA 48 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Eshetu (1999) 197 CLR 611; [1999] HCA 21 Mraz v R (1955) 93 CLR 493; [1955] HCA 59 Neyland v Neyland (1956) 56 SR (NSW) 284 Nitiva v Director of Public Prosecutions (1999) 29 MVR 471; [1999] NSWCA 332 Owners of the Ship "Shin Kobe Maru" v Empire Shipping Company Inc (1994) 181 CLR 404; [1994] HCA 54 Parisienne Basket Shoes Pty Ltd v Whyte (1938) 59 CLR 369; [1938] HCA 7 Public Service Association of South Australia Inc v Industrial Relations Commission of South Australia (2012) 249 CLR 398; [2012] HCA 25 Quinn v Commonwealth Director of Prosecutions [2021] NSWCA 294; [2022] ALMD 65 R v Lazarevic (1966) 85 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 159 R v Shoreditch Assessment Committee [1910] 2 KB 859 R v Sirocic (2000) 32 MVR 165; [2000] NSWCCA 327 Sasterawan v Morris (2007) 69 NSWLR 547; [2007] NSWCCA 185 Stanley v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2021] NSWCA 337 Ward v Williams (1955) 92 CLR 496; [1955] HCA 4 West v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions [1999] NSWCA 398 Wilde v R (1988) 164 CLR 365; 76 ALR 570; [1988] HCA 6 Texts Cited: NSW Legislative Council, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 17 September 1998, p 7594 NSW Legislative Council, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 23 November 1998, pp 10414-10416 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Craig Andrew Franklin (Applicant) Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (First Respondent) District Court of New South Wales (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: C Franklin (self-represented) (Applicant) E Balodis (First Respondent)