Grant Barnes, Chief Regulatory Officer, Natural Resources Access Regulator v O'Haire

[2019] NSWLEC 158

NSW Land and Environment Court

Built by Barristers,
For Australian Law.

1. CRIMINAL OFFENCES: whether entry of guilty pleas amenable to correction under slip rule
2. › application of slip rule to criminal proceedings in Class 5 of the Court’s jurisdiction
3. › scope of slip rule
4. › entry of plea of guilty not amenable to correction under slip rule because it is not a judgment or order of the Court.
1. BIAS: whether the judge hearing the notice of motion ought recuse herself on the grounds of apprehended bias by reason of prejudgement
2. › test for apprehended bias
3. › whether application for recusal should be adjourned to allow the party making the application the opportunity to obtain the transcript
4. › application for adjournment refused
5. › application for recusal dismissed.