FT (a pseudonym) v The King

[2024] VSCA 90

Victorian Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Criminal Law
2. › Bail
3. › Refusal of bail
4. › Child accused
5. › Unacceptable risk
6. › Whether finding of unacceptable risk reasonably open
7. › Bail Act 1977 (Vic), ss 3AAA, 3B, 4A, 4E, 5AAA
1. Criminal Law
2. › Bail
3. › Standard of appellate review
4. › Whether bail decision is discretionary or evaluative
5. › Whether House v The King error must be shown
6. › Whether Warren v Coombes correctness standard applies
7. › Bail Act 1977 (Vic), ss 3AAA, 4E, 5AAA
1. Criminal Law
2. › Bail
3. › Evidence on bail applications
4. › Remote hearsay evidence
5. › Whether judge erred in consideration of hearsay
6. › Bail Act 1977 (Vic), s 8
1. Appeal
2. › Standard of appellate review
3. › Interlocutory decisions
4. › Bail decisions as matters of practice and procedure
5. › Appellate restraint

Quick Take

Bail refusals in Victoria are appealed by demonstrating House v The King error rather than arguing the bail decision was incorrect; the GLJ correctness standard does not apply to bail decisions.