Alikhani v The Queen

In *Alikhani v The Queen*, Callinan J, sitting in chambers, considered an application for special leave to appeal to the High Court of Australia. The applicant, Alikhani, sought to challenge his conviction for a criminal offence.

The central legal issue before Callinan J was whether the applicant had established sufficient grounds to warrant the High Court granting special leave to appeal. This involved assessing whether the case raised a question of law that was of general public importance, or whether there were other compelling reasons for the High Court to entertain the appeal.

Callinan J's reasoning focused on the established criteria for granting special leave to appeal, which require demonstrating that the appeal involves a matter of general public importance or that there are other compelling reasons for the High Court to hear the case. Without specific details of the grounds argued by the applicant or the nature of the conviction, the decision would have turned on whether these stringent criteria were met.

As this was a decision on an application for special leave to appeal, the outcome would have been either the granting or refusal of that leave.