Rigby v Burarrwanga

[2022] NTSC 36

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

Built by Barristers,
For Australian Law.

1. Criminal Law
2. › Sentencing
3. › Offences against the person
4. › Aggravated assault, male-on-female, with weapons, causing harm
5. › Sentence indication by Local Court judge
6. › Guilty plea
7. › Manifestly inadequate sentence
8. › Prosecution appeal allowed
9. › Respondent re-sentenced
1. Interpretation
2. › Statutory interpretation
3. › Local Criminal Court Procedure Act 1928 (NT), s 60AT(2)(d)(i)
4. › Ordinary meaning leads to “unreasonable” result
5. › Interpretation required to avoid result contrary to reason or good sense
1. Local Criminal Court Procedure Act 1928 (NT), s 60AT(2), s 60AT(2)(d)(i), s 60AY, s 177(2)(c), s 177(2)(f),
1. Sentencing Act 1995 (NT), s 78CA(3)(b), s 78DD(2), s 78DH(1)