Orders under s 12 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) for production of documents must be narrowly drafted and calibrated to specific grounds of appeal. The section does not confer power to require production of 'information' generally or further witness statements; it can only require attendance of witnesses to give evidence. Appellants raising grounds based on inadequacy of legal representation must identify with precision the specific failing, how it occasioned a miscarriage of justice, and how the documents sought relate to those contentions.
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