Criminal law – Appeal against conviction – Where appellants gave evidence before New South Wales Crime Commission ("Commission") – Where non-publication direction made under s 13(9) of New South Wales Crime Commission Act 1985 (NSW) – Where transcripts of appellants' evidence before Commission published to members of New South Wales Police Force and officers of Director of Public Prosecutions – Whether publication of appellants' evidence before Commission meant subsequent trial differed in fundamental respect from that which our system of criminal justice seeks to provide – Whether publication of appellants' evidence before Commission gave rise to miscarriage of justice.
Words and phrases – "miscarriage of justice", "non-publication direction".
Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) – s 6(1).
New South Wales Crime Commission Act 1985 (NSW) – s 13(9).
Judgment date
Case number
S313/2013
S314/2013
Before
French CJ, Crennan, Kiefel, Bell, Keane JJ
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