An appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal under the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) is incompetent where the orders appealed from were made in the inherent jurisdiction of the Supreme Court rather than in its summary jurisdiction. The Court of Criminal Appeal has implied power to award costs against parties who bring incompetent appeals that constitute an abuse of process, notwithstanding s 17(1) of the Criminal Appeal Act.
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