Stanley v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)

(2021) 107 NSWLR 1; [2021] NSWCA 337

NSW Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Judicial Review
2. › Jurisdictional error
3. › Inferior courts
4. › Sentencing
5. › Failure to conduct mandatory statutory assessment
6. › Whether failure to conduct assessment under s 66(2) of Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) amounted to jurisdictional error
7. › Whether non-determinative statutory requirement can be jurisdictional precondition
8. › Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 66(2)
9. › District Court Act 1973 (NSW), s 176
1. Criminal Law
2. › Sentencing
3. › Intensive correction orders
4. › Proper approach to exercise of discretion
5. › Mandatory considerations
6. › Whether community safety assessment under s 66(2) is a jurisdictional precondition to refusal of ICO
7. › Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 7, 66
1. Criminal Law
2. › Appeal and review
3. › Appeal against sentence from Local Court to District Court
4. › Judicial review of District Court decision
5. › Scope of review limited by privative clause
6. › District Court Act 1973 (NSW), s 176
7. › Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW), ss 11, 17
1. Statutes
2. › Construction
3. › Consequences of non-compliance with statutory requirement
4. › Whether failure to comply invalidates decision
5. › Distinction between mandatory and directory provisions
6. › Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355

Quick Take

A sentencing judge's failure to conduct the s 66(2) assessment (whether ICO or full-time detention better addresses reoffending risk) does not constitute jurisdictional error amenable to judicial review following Wany v DPP (NSW); such errors remain errors within jurisdiction reviewable only on appeal.