Barr (a pseudonym) v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2018] NSWCA 47

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Barr (a pseudonym) v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2018] NSWCA 47 Hearing dates: 15 February 2018 Date of orders: 21 February 2018 Decision date: 15 March 2018 Before: Leeming JA at [1]; McCallum J at [88]; N Adams J at [124] Decision: Summons dismissed Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW — Bail — judicial review of bail decision — whether Court of Appeal has jurisdiction

JUDICIAL REVIEW — detention application under Bail Act 2013 (NSW) following guilty plea — alleged contravention of s 50(5) and s 74 of Bail Act — whether error of law on face of record — whether jurisdictional error — construction of s 16A of Bail Act

JURISDICTION — Court of Appeal — Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 17 and Third Schedule — whether exclusion of jurisdiction for criminal proceedings applies to challenges to bail decisions — discretionary refusal of jurisdiction in light of pending release application to Supreme Court Legislation Cited: Bail Act 2013 (NSW), ss 16, 16A, 16B, 17, 18, 19, 22A, 46, 49, 50, 66, 67, 71, 74, 75 Bail Regulation 2014 (NSW), r 17 Constitution (Cth), s 73 Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1967 (NSW), s 2 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 79, 81, 578A Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 3A Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5F Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), ss 34, 35 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 78B Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), ss 17, 48, 69, 101, Third Schedule Cases Cited: Australian and International Pilots Association v Fair Work Australia (2012) 202 FCR 200; [2012] FCAFC 65 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Brooks [2015] NSWCCA 190 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Mawad [2015] NSWCCA 227 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Tikomaimaleya [2015] NSWCA 83 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Zaiter [2016] NSWCCA 247 El-Zayet v R (2014) 88 NSWLR 556; [2014] NSWCCA 298 Federated Engine-Drivers and Firemen's Association of Australasia v Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd (1911) 12 CLR 398; [1911] HCA 31 Graham v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] HCA 33; 91 ALJR 890 Hamze v R [2015] NSWCCA 104 Jure Maric v The Queen [1981] 2 NSWLR 100 Kirk v Industrial Court of New South Wales (2010) 239 CLR 531; [2010] HCA 1 Lin v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2017] NSWSC 312 Liristis v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2015] NSWCA 261 M v R [2015] NSWSC 138 McAndrew v Regina [2016] NSWCCA 58 M v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2016] NSWCCA 314 Obeid v R (2015) 91 NSWLR 226; [2015] NSWCCA 309 Parisienne Basket Shoes Pty Ltd v Whyte (1938) 59 CLR 369; [1938] HCA 7 Probuild Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd v Shade Systems Pty Ltd [2018] HCA 4 PT Garuda Indonesia Ltd v Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (2012) 247 CLR 240; [2012] HCA 33 Quach v New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal [2015] NSWCA 63 R v Ebrahimi [2015] NSWSC 335 R v Marcus [2016] NSWCCA 237 R v Nanai [2000] NSWCCA 204 R v S [2016] NSWCCA 189 R v Serratore (1995) 81 A Crim R 363 Shepherd v Bowen (1986) 4 NSWLR 475 South 32 t/as Westcliff Colliery v Ockers [2017] NSWCA 324 State of New South Wales v Donovan [2015] NSWSC 1254 State of New South Wales v Donovan [2015] NSWCA 280 Tsintzas v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2017] NSWCCA 172 W O v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2009] NSWCA 370 Westfield Management Ltd v AMP Capital Property Nominees Ltd (2012) 247 CLR 129; [2017] HCA 54 Williams v The Queen (1986) 161 CLR 278; [1986] HCA 88 Texts Cited: M Aronson, M Groves and G Weeks, Judicial Review of Administrative Action and Government Liability (6th ed, 2017, Lawbook Co) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Barr (a pseudonym) (Applicant) Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (First Respondent) District Court of New South Wales (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: L J Rowan (Applicant) C Webster SC (First Respondent)