Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Van Gestel [2022] NSWCCA 171

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Van Gestel [2022] NSWCCA 171 Hearing dates: 1 August 2022 Date of orders: 1 August 2022 Decision date: 12 August 2022 Before: Gleeson JA; Wright J; Cavanagh J Decision: (1) The Crown detention application is granted. (2) The respondent's bail is revoked. (3) The respondent is to be taken into custody forthwith. Catchwords: CRIME – bail – detention application – application made by prosecution following conviction and before sentencing – s 22B Bail Act 2013 – whether conditions limiting Court's power to make bail decision met – whether convicted person will be sentenced to full-time imprisonment – where condition involves a state of satisfaction as opposed to a fact – whether special or exceptional circumstances exist to grant bail STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – meaning of "will" – assessment of disposition of sentence in light of available sentencing alternatives – meaning of "special" or "exceptional" circumstances – where same words appear in different parts of statute – where reference to dictionary definitions is of limited assistance Legislation Cited: Bail Act 1978 (NSW), s 9C Bail Act 2013 (NSW), ss 4, 16A, 16B, 17, 18, 22, 22B, 32, 50, 67, 75 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 61E, 61M, 76 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 7, 25AA, 67 Cases Cited: 2 Elizabeth Bay Road Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 73943 (2014) 88 NSWLR 488; [2014] NSWCA 409 Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions v Saadieh [2021] NSWCCA 232 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Day [2022] NSWSC 938 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v GX [2019] NSWCCA 84 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Duncan [2022] NSWSC 927 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Mawad [2015] NSWCCA 227 El-Hilli and Melville v R [2015] NSWCCA 146 Regional Express Holdings Ltd v Australian Federation of Air Pilots (2017) 262 CLR 456; [2017] HCA 55 R v Cattell [2019] NSWCCA 297 South-Western Sydney Local Health District v Gould (2018) 97 NSWLR 513; [2018] NSWCA 69 State of New South Wales v Kaiser [2022] NSWCA 86 SZTAL v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2017) 262 CLR 362; [2017] HCA 34 TAL Life Ltd v Shuetrim; MetLife Insurance Ltd v Shuetrim (2016) 91 NSWLR 439; [2016] NSWCA 68 The Registrar of Titles of the State of Western Australia v Franzon (1975) 132 CLR 611; [1975] HCA 41 Trinh v R [2016] NSWCCA 110 Will v Brighton (2020) 104 NSWLR 170; [2020] NSWCA 355 Texts Cited: Macquarie Dictionary (2022) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Applicant) Robert Van Gestel (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: G Newton / R Kotsis (Applicant) M Hobart SC / T Hennessy (Respondent)