Pell v The Queen

This matter concerned an application for special leave to appeal to the High Court of Australia from a judgment and orders of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria. The applicant, Mr. Pell, sought to appeal the decision of the Victorian Court of Appeal made on 21 August 2019.

The High Court was required to determine whether to grant special leave to appeal. This involves assessing whether the case raises an arguable point of law of sufficient importance to warrant the High Court's attention.

Justices Gordon and Edelman, constituting the bench for the special leave application, determined that the application should be referred to a Full Court of the High Court for argument as if it were an appeal. This indicates that the Justices found the case to possess sufficient merit to warrant a full hearing on the merits of the appeal.

The application for special leave to appeal was therefore referred to a Full Court for argument. The parties were to be notified of the necessary directions for the subsequent hearing.