Talay v R [2010] NSWCCA 308

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: Talay v R [2010] NSWCCA 308

HEARING DATE(S): 1 November 2010

JUDGMENT DATE: 16 December 2010

JUDGMENT OF: Simpson J at 1; Schmidt J at 59; Howie AJ at 60

DECISION: The application for extension of time be refused.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW – application for extension of time – delay largely unexplained – application refused - CRIMINAL LAW – appeal by stated case – appeal to District Court from Local Court – prosecution for offence of break, enter and steal – appeal dismissed, conviction and sentence confirmed – request to submit question of law – prosecuting authority not notified of request – adequacy of formulation of questions of law in stated case – stated case defective

LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Evidence Act 1995

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

City of Hawthorn v Victorian Welfare Association [1970] VR 205 Collins v State Rail Authority of NSW (1986) 5 NSWLR 209 DPP v Cassell (1995) 80 A Crim R 160 Ex parte McGavin; Re Byrne (1945) 46 SR (NSW) 58 Industrial Equity Ltd v Commissioner for Corporate Affairs [1990] VR 780 Melwood Units Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Main Roads [1979] AC 426 CASES CITED : R v GK [2001] NSWCCA 413; 53 NSWLR 317 R v Madden (1996) 85 A Crim R 367 R v Milat (1996) 87 A Crim R 446 R v Rigby [1956] HCA 38; 100 CLR 146 Re Van der Lubbe (1949) 49 SR 309 Thomas v The King [1937] HCA 83; 59 CLR 279 Zukerman v Law Society of New South Wales (1986) 5 NSWLR 292