Majumdar v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)

• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Apprehended violence orders
  3. › Variation or revocation
  4. › Final apprehended violence order
  5. › Application to revoke filed before expiry but heard after expiry
  6. › Whether Local Court had jurisdiction to revoke expired AVO
  7. › Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW), ss 73, 79
• 1. Statutory Interpretation
  2. › Meaning of 'revoke'
  3. › Whether power to revoke confined to unexpired orders
  4. › Whether filing of revocation application creates 'deemed extension' of order
  5. › Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW), s 73
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Judicial review
  3. › Supervisory jurisdiction of Court of Appeal
  4. › No right of appeal from District Court in criminal matter
  5. › Whether jurisdictional error established
  6. › Whether District Court misconstrued relevant statute
  7. › Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 69
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Procedural fairness
  3. › Whether District Court denied applicant opportunity to present case
  4. › Whether 'legitimate expectations' doctrine applies in Australian law

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