WILLIAMS v BLACKLEY [2010] NSWCA 246

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: WILLIAMS v BLACKLEY [2010] NSWCA 246

HEARING DATE(S): 17 September 2010

JUDGMENT DATE: 17 September 2010

JUDGMENT OF: Basten JA at 1, 14; Campbell JA at 13, 17

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE: 17 September 2010

(1) In each matter, refuse leave to appeal. DECISION: (2) Order the applicant to pay the respondent Mr Blackley's reasonable expenses incurred in responding to the application in this Court, including any loss of wages in attending today's hearing. (3) No order as to the costs of Mr Van Kooten.

CATCHWORDS: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - judicial review - not available to quash acquittal in criminal proceedings - COSTS - general rule that costs follow the event - self-represented respondent - payment of reasonable expenses including lost wages

Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW). ss 23, 56 LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s 150 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 69

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

Director of Public Prosecutions v Humphrys [1977] AC 1 Carlton v The Queen [2008] NSWCCA 244; 189 A Crim R 332 CASES CITED: DJL v Central Authority [2000] HCA 17; 201 CLR 226 Ex parte Schofield; Re Austin (1953) 53 SR(NSW) 163 R v El-Zarw [1994] 2 Qd R 67 R v Wolverhampton Crown Court; Ex parte Crofts [1983] 1 WLR 204

TEXTS CITED: Aronson, Dyer and Groves, Judicial Review of Administrative Action (4th ed, 2009) at [5.220]

Colin Bruce Williams - Applicant PARTIES: Terry Arnold Blackley - First Respondent Andrew Henry Van Kooten - Second Respondent