Potier v The General Manager MSPC, Area 2 Long Bay Correctional Centre [2012] NSWSC 233

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Potier v The General Manager MSPC, Area 2 Long Bay Correctional Centre [2012] NSWSC 233 Hearing dates: 04/01/12 Decision date: 16 March 2012 Before: Garling J Decision: (1) Application for issue of writ of habeas corpus dismissed. (2) Each party to pay its own costs Catchwords: HABEAS CORPUS - Whether available - Exhaustion of alternative route of bail - Conditions of custody - Difficulty in preparing appeals - No manifest injustice of further incarceration pending appeals Legislation Cited: Felons (Civil Proceedings) Act 1981 Cases Cited: Al-Kateb v Godwin [2004] HCA 37; 219 CLR 562 Burrell v The Queen [2008] HCA 34; 238 CLR 218 Eshugbayi Eleko v Government of Nigeria [1931] 1 AC 662 Hicks v Ruddock [2007] 156 FCR 574 Khawaja v Secretary of State for the Home Department [1984] 1 AC 74 Liversidge v Anderson [1942] 1 AC 206 Potier v General Manager and Governor, Metropolitan Reception and Remand Centre [2007] NSWSC 1031 Potier v R [2006] NSWCCA 27 Prisoners A-XX inclusive v State of New South Wales (1995) 38 NSWLR 622 R v Deputy Governor of Parkhurst Prison; Ex Parte Hague [1992] 1 AC 58 R v Potier [2004] NSWCCA 136 R v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Ex parte Muboyayi [1992] 1 QB 244 Re Officer in charge of cells, ACT Supreme Court; Ex Parte Eastman [1994] HCA 36; 68 ALJR 668 Secretary of State for Home Affairs v O'Brien [1923] 1 AC 603 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Malcolm Huntley Potier (applicant) The General Manager MSPC, Area 2 Long Bay Correctional Centre (first respondent) Regina (second respondent) File Number(s): SC 2011/404581 Publication restriction: Nil