A2 v R; KM v R; Vaziri v R [2015] NSWCCA 244

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: A2 v R; KM v R; Vaziri v R [2015] NSWCCA 244 Hearing dates: 28 August 2015 Decision date: 28 August 2015 Before: Beazley P at [1]; R A Hulme J at [2]; Bellew J at [32] Decision: Application for leave to appeal refused Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal – s 5F Criminal Appeal Act –pre-trial ruling concerning direction to be given to jury about the meaning of 'mutilates' in s 45 Crimes Act – whether ruling an interlocutory judgment or order under s 5F(3) Criminal Appeal Act – ruling not determinative of an identifiable part of the proceedings – ruling lacks finality – ruling is on a question of law – ruling not an interlocutory judgment or order – appeal incompetent Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 45, 59, 61HA, 61P Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) s 5F Cases Cited: AF v R [2015] NSWCCA 35 Attorney General for New South Wales v Stuart (1994) 34 NSWLR 667 Commonwealth v Mullane (1961) 106 CLR 166 KS v Veitch [2012] NSWCCA 186 R v A2; R v KM; R v Vaziri (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 1221 R v Adamson [2005] NSWCCA 7 R v Bozatsis and Spanakakis (1997) 97 A Crim R 296 R v Cheikho [2008] NSWCCA 191; 75 NSWLR 323 R v Piper [2005] NSWCCA 134 R v Steffan (1993) 30 NSWLR 633 Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378 W O v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2009] NSWCCA 275 Category: Principal judgment Parties: A2; KM; Shabbir Mohammedbhai Vaziri ( Applicants) Regina Representation: Counsel: Mr R F Sutherland SC (A2 and Vaziri) Mr S Bouveng (KM) Ms N L Williams (Crown)