Klewer v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (No 2)

(2020) 101 NSWLR 864; [2020] NSWCA 69

NSW Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Vexatious Proceedings
2. › Vexatious proceedings orders
3. › Scope of order
4. › Criminal proceedings exception
5. › Whether appeal to District Court against criminal conviction is 'criminal proceeding' exempt from vexatious proceedings order
6. › Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW), s 8(9)
7. › Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW), Pt 3 Div 1
1. Vexatious Proceedings
2. › Vexatious proceedings orders
3. › Leave requirement
4. › Judicial review proceedings
5. › Whether leave required to commence judicial review proceedings in Court of Appeal where leave not required for underlying proceedings
6. › Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW), ss 8(7), 14(2)
7. › Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 69
1. Administrative Law
2. › Judicial review
3. › Jurisdictional error
4. › Failure to exercise jurisdiction
5. › District Court dismissing criminal appeal on erroneous basis that leave required under vexatious proceedings order
6. › Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 69
1. Statutes
2. › Interpretation
3. › Principle of legality
4. › Presumption against curtailment of fundamental rights
5. › Access to justice
6. › Right of appeal from criminal conviction
7. › Whether general terms of vexatious proceedings order extend to criminal appeals
8. › Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 84(1)

Quick Take

Practitioners acting for persons subject to vexatious proceedings orders should note that an appeal to the District Court against a criminal conviction does not require leave under the Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW), but judicial review proceedings in the Court of Appeal challenging a criminal decision likely do require leave.