Broad v Haas

Scott William Broad applied for bail pending his trial for drug offences, while on parole for a previous drug offence. David Geoffrey Haas, the respondent, opposed the application. The Supreme Court of Western Australia heard the application and considered whether exceptional circumstances existed to grant bail. The court considered the length of the likely delay before the applicant was brought to trial, the ill-health of the applicant's de facto spouse, the offer of employment made to the applicant, and the unlikelihood of the applicant failing to appear when called upon to do so. The court found that the combination of these factors constituted exceptional circumstances warranting the grant of bail. Accordingly, the court granted bail to the applicant on specified conditions.