RKF v R [2016] NSWCCA 116

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: RKF v R [2016] NSWCCA 116 Hearing dates: 3 March 2016 Date of orders: 15 June 2016 Decision date: 15 June 2016 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Hall J at [57]; R A Hulme J at [58] Decision: Grant the applicant leave to appeal. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal – interlocutory order – application for trial by judge alone – whether failure to apply principle that applicant is entitled to defend himself by all forensically available means – whether failure to properly balance need for objective community standards against prejudice to accused – whether error in finding directions to jury could overcome prejudice – whether consideration of extraneous material Legislation Cited: Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW), s 13 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 61M Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5F Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s 132 Cases Cited: A2 v R; KM v R; Vaziri v R [2015] NSWCCA 244 Cheih-Wei Lin v R [2015] NSWCCA 264 DAO v R [2011] NSWCCA 63; 81 NSWLR 568 House v The King [1936] HCA 40; 55 CLR 499 R v Belghar [2012] NSWCCA 86 R v BWM (1998) 91 A Crim R 260 Redman v R [2015] NSWCCA 110 Robinson v R [2016] NSWCCA 108 Turnbull v R [2016] NSWCCA 109 Category: Principal judgment Parties: RKF (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: C Davenport (Applicant) N Adams (Respondent)