Gabriel Werden v The Queen

[2015] HCASL 137

GABRIEL WERDEN

v

THE QUEEN

[2015] HCASL 137
M58/2015

1. The applicant seeks special leave to appeal against orders of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria (Ashley, Osborn and Priest JJA) dismissing the applicant's application for leave to appeal against conviction of nine charges of obtaining financial advantage by deception and 14 charges of attempting to obtain financial advantage by deception.

2. As the applicant does not have legal representation, the application falls to be dealt with under r 41.10 of the High Court Rules 2004.

3. The applicant has not advanced any reason to doubt the correctness of the conclusions reached by the Court of Appeal.  Nor would any point of general principle fall for consideration if special leave to appeal to this Court were granted.  For the reasons given by the Court of Appeal, the Crown case against the applicant was overwhelming and for that reason the applicant has not demonstrated that it would be in the interests of justice either generally or in this particular case that special leave to appeal be granted.

4. Pursuant to r 41.10.5 we direct the Registrar to draw up, sign and seal an order dismissing the application.

G.A.A. Nettle
3 September 2015 M.M. Gordon