The Court of Appeal has inherent power to order the attendance and examination of a person whose evidence is necessary for the proper determination of a second or subsequent appeal, even where that person was not a compellable witness at trial and s 318 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic) does not apply. The existence of a limited statutory power to compel witnesses does not exhaust the Court's inherent jurisdiction.
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