Apl v Chief Executive Officer Department of Justice

[2025] WASCA 34

Western Australia Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Appeal
2. › Right of appeal
3. › Statutory exclusion of appeal
4. › Whether specific statutory provision excluding appeal prevails over general right of appeal
5. › Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 2003 (WA), s 57
6. › District Court of Western Australia Act 1969 (WA), s 79
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Competency of appeal
3. › Appeal from District Court to Court of Appeal
4. › Criminal injuries compensation
5. › Whether appeal incompetent by reason of statutory privative provision

Quick Take

A decision of the District Court on an appeal under pt 7 of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 2003 (WA) is not appealable to the Court of Appeal, but may be challenged by way of judicial review for jurisdictional error in the General Division of the Supreme Court.