Bruce Allan Burrell v Regina [2008] NSWCCA 276

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: Bruce Allan Burrell v Regina [2008] NSWCCA 276

HEARING DATE(S): 10 September 2008

JUDGMENT DATE: 21 November 2008

JUDGMENT OF: Allsop P at 1; Johnson J at 25; Price J at 26

1. Grant leave to appeal from orders made by the Court on 16 November 2007. DECISION: 2. Dismiss the application made on 10 September 2008 for orders in relation to the reasons of the Court of Criminal Appeal in R v Burrell [2007] NSWCCA 65 and [2007] NSWCCA 79. 3. Dismiss the appeal.

CATCHWORDS: PUBLICATION – non-publication order – evidence and submissions in previous applications and reasons for judgment – published in reported series available to public – whether prejudice – whether necessary and appropriate to protect future jury trial – whether necessary for utility of appeal procedure – whether error in refusing to make or continue order prohibiting publication of material – where further trial speculative.

Burrell v R [2008] HCA 34; 248 ALR 428 John Fairfax Publications Pty Limited v Attorney-General (NSW) [2000] NSWCA 198; 181 ALR 694 CASES CITED : John Fairfax Publications Pty Limited v District Court of New South Wales [2004] NSWCA 324; 61 NSWLR 344 R v Burrell [2007] NSWCCA 79; 175 A Crim R 21 R v Burrell [2007] NSWCCA 65 R v Kanaan [2006] NSWCCA 109

PARTIES: Bruce Allan Burrell Regina

FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2007/5395

D Dalton SC COUNSEL: M G Sexton SC & M L Rabsch D R Sibtain (Media interests)

Steve O'Connor (Legal Aid Commission) SOLICITORS: S Kavanagh (Director of Public Prosecutions) Blake Dawson (Media interests)