Park v R [2022] NSWCCA 263

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Park v R [2022] NSWCCA 263 Hearing dates: 29 November 2022 Date of orders: 9 December 2022 Decision date: 09 December 2022 Before: Basten AJA; Garling J; R A Hulme AJ Decision: Application refused Catchwords: CRIME — Bail — Appeal bail — "Special or exceptional circumstances" – constraint upon the Court's assessment of prospects of success on appeal in respect of proposed three grounds – significant proportion of non-parole period to be served by time of hearing of application for leave to appeal – special or exceptional circumstances not shown Legislation Cited: Bail Act 2013 (NSW), ss 17, 18, 19, 22, 61 and 71 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 61I, 61J and 61KD Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), ss 5 and 6 (Criminal Appeal) Rules 2020 (NSW), r 4.15 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s 294 Cases Cited: Da Silva v The Queen (2019) 268 CLR 57; [2019] HCA 48 El-Hilli and Melville v R [2015] NSWCCA 146 Fantakis v Director of Public Prosecutions [2021] NSWCCA 271 Gould v R (Cth) [2021] NSWCCA 27 HT v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2019] NSWCCA 141 Liberato v The Queen (1985) 159 CLR 507; [1985] HCA 66 Obeid v R (No 2) [2016] NSWCCA 321 R v Ambury [2017] NSWCCA 115 United Mexican States v Cabal (2001) 209 CLR 165; [2001] HCA 60 Category: Principal judgment Parties: You Jong Park (Applicant) Rex (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J Park (Applicant) S Traynor (Respondent)