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Wyka v The Queen
[2020] VSCA 104
Citation 1
…141, Madex [2020] VSC 145, Sazimanoska [2020] VSCA 66 and Nguyen [2020] VSCA 76, Nicholls [2020] VSC 189, Re Diab [2020] VSC 196, Wyka [2020] VSCA 104 and Thomas [2020] VSC 206. 52It is still far too early to know how this is all actually going to play out either in the community or in the prisons. It is a rapidly…
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Nguyen v The Queen
[2020] VSCA 76
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…Re Broes [2020] VSC 128; Re McCann [2020] VSC 138. Re Tong [2020] VSC 141, Madex [2020] VSC 145, Sazimanoska [2020] VSCA 66 and Nguyen [2020] VSCA 76, Nicholls [2020] VSC 189, Re Diab [2020] VSC 196, Wyka [2020] VSCA 104 and Thomas [2020] VSC 206. 52It is still far too early to know how this is all actually going…
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Sazimanoska v The Queen
[2020] VSCA 66
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…Amongst them the cases of Re Broes [2020] VSC 128; Re McCann [2020] VSC 138. Re Tong [2020] VSC 141, Madex [2020] VSC 145, Sazimanoska [2020] VSCA 66 and Nguyen [2020] VSCA 76, Nicholls [2020] VSC 189, Re Diab [2020] VSC 196, Wyka [2020] VSCA 104 and Thomas [2020] VSC 206. 52It is still far too early to know how…
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Brown v The Queen
[2020] VSCA 60
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…lobal pandemic upon the experience of a prisoner in this State. The Court of Appeal first dealt with the issues in a decision of Brown [2020] VSCA 60 in late March of this year. They I think correctly counselled judges against speculation. There have been many decisions since in the Supreme Court and the Court of…
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Pan v The Queen
[2020] VSCA 42
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…utility. What assistance is there being taken to non-comparable cases? Virtually none in my view. 84I was taken to the decision of Pan v The Queen [2020] VSCA 42. There the Court of Appeal made it plain that the poorly designed road was a serious accident waiting to happen. The road user there was unfamiliar wit…
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DPP v Weybury
[2018] VSCA 120
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…les case of R v Whyte [2002] 55 NSWLR 252 which has been approved in this State. But as Victorian decisions of Stephens and DPP v Weybury [2018] VSCA 120 made clear, moral culpability is not to be assessed by listing aggravating features that could have been present but were not, and then asserting that the instan…
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Stephens v The Queen
[2016] VSCA 121
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…of a community corrections order. They too referred me to cases, one a sentence in this court, one a Court of Appeal decision of Stephens v The Queen [2016] VSCA 121 ( “Stephens” ) dealing with matters of principle in this sort of case. Background 41I turn now to your background. Your background and family history…
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DPP v O'Neill
[2015] VSCA 325
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…ence satisfying me on the balance of probabilities that you even have that disorder so the state of the law is actually pretty academic. [1][2015] VSCA 325 Rehabilitation 60I turn to your prospects of rehabilitation. What are your prospects of rehabilitation? Well, no adjective was employed by your counsel to desc…
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R v Verdins
[2007] VSCA 102
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…ng mental health issues that have emerged; ·She relied upon the application of limbs 2, 5 and 6 from the Court of Appeal decision of Verdins v R [2007] VSCA 102 (“ Verdins” ). ·Also, the risk of deportation was raised but in a very modest way which I will return to later in my reasons; ·She relied upon the hardshi…
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R v Whyte
[2006] NSWCCA 75
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…nt in this case. Many matters of aggravation are spoken of in some of the cases for instance the New South Wales case of R v Whyte [2002] 55 NSWLR 252 which has been approved in this State. But as Victorian decisions of Stephens and DPP v Weybury [2018] VSCA 120 made clear, moral culpability is not to be assess…
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R v Caldwell
[2004] VSCA 40
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…or practical impact upon you at all. So I model the form of my order on that form discussed in cases such as R v Tran [2002] VSCA 52 and R v Caldwell [2004] VSCA 40. 99On the charge of dangerous driving causing death, I cancel all licences to drive held by you and I disqualify you from obtaining another permit or…
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R v Tran
[2002] VSCA 52
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…son and it would have no actual or practical impact upon you at all. So I model the form of my order on that form discussed in cases such as R v Tran [2002] VSCA 52 and R v Caldwell [2004] VSCA 40. 99On the charge of dangerous driving causing death, I cancel all licences to drive held by you and I disqualify you…
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Re Broes
[2020] VSC 128
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…nst speculation. There have been many decisions since in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal. Amongst them the cases of Re Broes [2020] VSC 128; Re McCann [2020] VSC 138. Re Tong [2020] VSC 141, Madex [2020] VSC 145, Sazimanoska [2020] VSCA 66 and Nguyen [2020] VSCA 76, Nicholls [2020] VSC 189, Re Diab [202…
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Thomas v Kitching
[2020] VSC 206
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…Sazimanoska [2020] VSCA 66 and Nguyen [2020] VSCA 76, Nicholls [2020] VSC 189, Re Diab [2020] VSC 196, Wyka [2020] VSCA 104 and Thomas [2020] VSC 206. 52It is still far too early to know how this is all actually going to play out either in the community or in the prisons. It is a rapidly evolving setting changing…
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Re Diab
[2020] VSC 196
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…. Re Tong [2020] VSC 141, Madex [2020] VSC 145, Sazimanoska [2020] VSCA 66 and Nguyen [2020] VSCA 76, Nicholls [2020] VSC 189, Re Diab [2020] VSC 196, Wyka [2020] VSCA 104 and Thomas [2020] VSC 206. 52It is still far too early to know how this is all actually going to play out either in the community or in the pr…
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Re Nicholls
[2020] VSC 189
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…Re McCann [2020] VSC 138. Re Tong [2020] VSC 141, Madex [2020] VSC 145, Sazimanoska [2020] VSCA 66 and Nguyen [2020] VSCA 76, Nicholls [2020] VSC 189, Re Diab [2020] VSC 196, Wyka [2020] VSCA 104 and Thomas [2020] VSC 206. 52It is still far too early to know how this is all actually going to play out either in th…
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The Queen v Madex
[2020] VSC 145
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…rt and the Court of Appeal. Amongst them the cases of Re Broes [2020] VSC 128; Re McCann [2020] VSC 138. Re Tong [2020] VSC 141, Madex [2020] VSC 145, Sazimanoska [2020] VSCA 66 and Nguyen [2020] VSCA 76, Nicholls [2020] VSC 189, Re Diab [2020] VSC 196, Wyka [2020] VSCA 104 and Thomas [2020] VSC 206. 52It is stil…
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Re Tong
[2020] VSC 141
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…nce in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal. Amongst them the cases of Re Broes [2020] VSC 128; Re McCann [2020] VSC 138. Re Tong [2020] VSC 141, Madex [2020] VSC 145, Sazimanoska [2020] VSCA 66 and Nguyen [2020] VSCA 76, Nicholls [2020] VSC 189, Re Diab [2020] VSC 196, Wyka [2020] VSCA 104 and Thomas [2020]…
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Re McCann
[2020] VSC 138
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…e been many decisions since in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal. Amongst them the cases of Re Broes [2020] VSC 128; Re McCann [2020] VSC 138. Re Tong [2020] VSC 141, Madex [2020] VSC 145, Sazimanoska [2020] VSCA 66 and Nguyen [2020] VSCA 76, Nicholls [2020] VSC 189, Re Diab [2020] VSC 196, Wyka [2020] VS…
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Director of Public Prosecutions v Calf
[2020] VCC 353
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…. There are differing acts, differing omissions and none that are in the same class as yours. A momentary loss of attention by a bus driver in Calf [2020] VCC 353 or by the elderly driver in the recent case of Nicholson [2020] VCC 436, they cannot be measured up against your decision not to stop and to drive a la…