The correctness standard of appellate review now applies to decisions on permanent stay applications in criminal proceedings, displacing the House v The King standard previously applied, but the leave requirement for interlocutory appeals under s 5F of the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) continues to operate as an important filter requiring demonstration of error of principle and possibility of substantial injustice.
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