Tilley v The Queen

The applicant, Tilley, sought bail pending an application for special leave to appeal to the High Court of Australia. The dispute concerned the applicant's entitlement to bail in these circumstances.

The central legal issue before Hayne J was whether the applicant should be granted bail while awaiting the determination of his application for special leave to appeal to the High Court.

Hayne J considered the principles governing the grant of bail in such a context. His Honour concluded that the applicant had not satisfied the onus of demonstrating that exceptional circumstances warranted the grant of bail. Consequently, the application for bail was refused. The orders also set out procedural directions for the further conduct of the application for special leave to appeal.