O’Haire v Barnes, Chief Regulatory Officer, Natural Resources Access Regulator [2020] NSWCCA 19

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: O'Haire v Barnes, Chief Regulatory Officer, Natural Resources Access Regulator [2020] NSWCCA 19 Hearing dates: 12 February 2020 Date of orders: 12 February 2020 Decision date: 21 February 2020 Before: Payne JA at [1]; Beech-Jones J at [44]; N Adams J at [45]. Decision: Leave to appeal under section 5F of the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) refused. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – s 5F appeal – interlocutory judgment or order – whether trial judge erred by failing to correct a plea of guilty entered by counsel on behalf of the accused under the slip rule

JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS – amending, varying and setting aside – correction under slip rule

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – bias rule – apprehended bias – application of "double might" test Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 5F Criminal Appeal (Amendment Act) 1987 (NSW), Sch 1 s 2 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 17 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 57 Land and Environment Court Rules 2007 (NSW), r 5.2(2)(h) Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 (Cth) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 36.17 Water Management Act 2000 (NSW), s 60C(2), 363B Cases Cited: AF v R [2015] NSWCCA 35 Cabot (a pseudonym) v R [2018] NSWCCA 265 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337; [2000] HCA 63 Maxwell v The Queen (1996) 184 CLR 501; [1996] HCA 46 Newmont Yandal Operations Pty Ltd v The J Aron Corporation and the Goldman Sachs Group Inc (2007) 70 NSWLR 411; [2007] NSWCA 195 Regina v Chami; Regina v Sheikh [2002] NSWCCA 136 R v Ho (NSWCCA, unreported, 18 July 1994) R v Matovski (1989) 15 NSWLR 720 Zoef v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (No 2) [2017] NSWCA 2 Texts Cited: New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 17 March 1987 at 16087 (Mr Sheahan, Attorney General and Minister Assisting the Premier) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Brian Vance O'Haire (Applicant) Grant Barnes, Chief Regulatory Officer, Natural Resources Access Regulator (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: C O'Donnell SC, P Hart (Applicant) E C Muston SC, A Bonnor (Respondent) Solicitors: John Hertz & Associates (Applicant) NSW Crown Solicitor's Office (Respondent) File Number(s): 2018/00385156, 2018/00385157, 2018/00385158, 2018/00385159, 2018/00385160, 2018/00385161, 2018/00385162, 2019/00177253 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Land and Environment Court Jurisdiction: Class 5 Citation: [2019] NSWLEC 158 Date of Decision: 29 October 2019 Before: Pepper J File Number(s): 2018/00385156, 2018/00385157, 2018/00385158, 2018/00385159, 2018/00385160, 2018/00385161, 2018/00385162, 2019/00177253