NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: SPANOS v LAZARIS [2008] NSWCA 74
HEARING DATE(S): 9 April 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 28 April 2008
JUDGMENT OF: Beazley JA at 1; Basten JA at 2; Bell JA at 57
DECISION: Summons dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS: EVIDENCE – admissibility of further evidence on appeal – relevance - JUDICIAL REVIEW – assessment of evidence of witnesses who appeared in court below – assessment of credibility – apprehension of bias – views expressed by judge in course of argument – procedural unfairness – failure to produce document - JURISDICTION – review of order of District Court judge – error of law on face of record – jurisdictional error – Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) s 69 – District Court Act 1973 (NSW) s 176
Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 300 Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW), ss 11, 18, 19, 20 LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5B District Court Act 1973 (NSW), s 176 Justices Act 1901 (NSW), s 146 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 69, 75A
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Anderson v Judges of District Court (NSW) (1992) 27 NSWLR 701 Charara v The Queen [2006] NSWCCA 244; 164 A Crim R 39 Concrete Pty Ltd v Parramatta Design and Developments Pty Ltd [2006] HCA 55; 229 CLR 577 Craig v South Australia [1995] HCA 58; (1995) 184 CLR 163 Dranichnikov v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2003] HCA 26; 77 ALJR 1088 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [2000] HCA 63; 205 CLR 337 Ex parte Blackwell; re Hateley (1965) 83 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 109 Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118 CASES CITED: Gianoutsos v Glykis [2006] NSWCCA 137; 65 NSWLR 539 Johnson v Johnson [2000] HCA 48; 201 CLR 488 Lee v Cha [2008] NSWCA 13 Mordaunt v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2007] NSWCA 121; 171 A Crim R 510 Parker v Director of Public Prosecutions (1992) 28 NSWLR 282 R v Judge Mullaly; Ex parte Attorney-General (Cth) [1984] VR 745 Re McBain; Ex parte Australian Catholic Bishops Conference [2002] HCA 16; 209 CLR 372 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte Miah [2001] HCA 22; 206 CLR 57 Sasterawan v Morris [2007] NSWCCA 185
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