Where a surety has done everything reasonably within their power to ensure the defendant's compliance with bail conditions, those are overwhelming considerations requiring rescission of a forfeiture order under s 15(1) of the Crown Proceedings Act 1980 (Qld). [name withheld] identified nine relevant considerations for applications for relief from forfeiture, including the surety's diligence, the circumstances of entering the undertaking, the relationship with the defendant, and the financial impact of forfeiture.
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