Walters v The King

In *Walters v The King*, the applicant sought leave to appeal against a decision of the court below. The central dispute concerned an alleged miscarriage of justice arising from the judge's summing up during the applicant's trial. The appeal was heard by Livesey P and David J.

The primary legal issue before the Court was whether there was a reasonably arguable ground of appeal concerning a miscarriage of justice due to the judge's summing up. The applicant had initially proposed this ground of appeal but subsequently abandoned it.

The Court concluded that the applicant was correct to abandon the proposed ground of appeal. It was not reasonably arguable that a miscarriage of justice had occurred. The Court's reasoning, as indicated by the citations, relied on established principles regarding misdirection and the threshold for establishing a miscarriage of justice, particularly in the context of appellate review of a judge's summing up.

Permission to appeal was refused.