DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (CTH) v CASSANITI [2006] NSWSC 1103

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (CTH) v CASSANITI [2006] NSWSC 1103

HEARING DATE(S) : 19 October 2006

JUDGMENT DATE : 19 October 2006

JUDGMENT OF : Basten JA at 1

DECISION : Revoke the order of Hidden J made 22 September 2006 granting bail.

CATCHWORDS : BAIL REVIEW – whether review was by way of hearing de novo – whether error must be demonstrated in the exercise of a discretionary power to grant bail – whether deterioration of mental health and involvement in complex civil litigation constitute "special or exceptional circusmstances" under s 30AA of the Bail Act 1978

Bail Act 1978 (NSW), ss 4, 8A, 30AA, 45, 48 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 44 LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), ss 5F, 10 Criminal Appeal Rules, r 23C Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 51

Budiman (1997) 97 A Crim R 548 Cacciola (1998) 104 A Crim R 178 Chamberlain v The Queen (No. 1) (1983) 153 CLR 514 Coal & Allied Operations Pty Ltd v Australian Industrial Relations Commission (2000) 203 CLR 194 Commonwealth DPP v Germakian [2006] NSWCA 275 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Cassaniti [2006] NSWCCA 335. Ettridge v DPP (Qld) [2003] QCA 410 Hamill (1986) 25 A Crim R 316 Hanson v DPP (Qld) [2003] QCA 409 Marotta v The Queen (1998) 73 ALJR 265 Pakis (1981) 3 A Crim R 132 The Queen v Giordano (1982) 31 SASR 241 CASES CITED : Re Coldham; Ex parte Brideson [No. 2] (1990) 170 CLR 267 R v Antoun [2005] NSWCCA 270 Regina v Bayeh (unrep, Court of Appeal, 7 August 1997) R v Hilton (1987) 7 NSWLR 745 R v Kissner (Unreported, 17 January 1992) Regina v Nanai [2000] NSWCCA 204 R v Southgate (1960) 78 WN (NSW) 44 R v Wilson (1994) 34 NSWLR 1 Roberts and Lardner (1997) 97 A Crim R 456 Sinanovic v R (No. 1) (2001) 179 ALR 520 Tieleman v The Queen (2004) 149 A Crim R 303; [2004] WASCA 285 United Mexican States v Cabal (2002) 209 CLR 165 Velevski (2000) 117 A Crim R 30