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Judgment date
Case number
H4/2008
Before
Hayne, Heydon, Crennan, Kiefel, Bell JJ
Catchwords
Criminal law – Practice and procedure - Permanent stay of proceedings on indictment - Threshold for grant of permanent stay - Respondents charged with reckless operation of aircraft - Electronic records of event giving rise to charge overwritten - Delay in prosecuting offences - Whether combination of delay and lost evidence justified grant of permanent stay.