Doggett v The Queen

In *Doggett v The Queen*, Callinan J, sitting in chambers, considered an application for leave to appeal against a conviction. The applicant, Doggett, had been convicted of a criminal offence and sought to challenge that conviction.

The central legal issue before Callinan J was whether there were sufficient grounds to grant leave to appeal against the conviction. This required an assessment of the merits of the proposed grounds of appeal and whether they raised a reasonably arguable point of law or fact that warranted further consideration by the Full Court.

Callinan J applied the principles governing applications for leave to appeal, which require the applicant to demonstrate that there is a real prospect of success on appeal or that there is some other compelling reason for the appeal to be heard. After reviewing the material before him, Callinan J determined that the grounds of appeal did not meet this threshold.

Leave to appeal was therefore refused.