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Galey-Newbury v R

The Court of Criminal Appeal granted Caleb Galey-Newbury conditional bail after quashing his convictions and ordering a retrial, finding the Bail Act risks were adequately managed.

  • Show cause offence
  • Unacceptable risks
  • Conditional bail
  • Retrial
  • Sexual offences
  • Bail
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R v Hooker (No 3) – Detention application

The Crown’s detention application under s 50 of the Bail Act was refused. The Court found special or exceptional circumstances justified bail pending sentence.

  • Detention application
  • Post-conviction bail
  • Special or exceptional circumstances
  • Manslaughter
  • Sentencing pending
  • Post-conviction-bail
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Williams v R

The Court of Criminal Appeal granted Jye Williams bail on conditions after finding he showed cause and that the identified bail risks were not unacceptable.

  • Show cause offences
  • Unacceptable risk
  • Release application
  • Firearm-related offending
  • Drug offences
  • Bail
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DC v R

A 17-year-old applicant was refused bail, despite proposed residential rehabilitation, because sentencing was imminent and bail could fetter the sentencing magistrate’s discretion.

  • Unacceptable risk test
  • Young person bail
  • Residential rehabilitation
  • Serious break and enter offences
  • Fettering sentencing discretion
  • Bail
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R v JS

R v JS [2025] NSWSC 116

A 15-year-old Aboriginal child was granted bail with strict conditions after the Court found the risks could be managed and s 22C was satisfied.

  • Children in criminal proceedings
  • Bail applications
  • Bail act 2013 (nsw) s 22c
  • Unacceptable risk test
  • Children (criminal proceedings) act 1987 (nsw) s 6
  • Bail-applications
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R v TB

R v TB [2025] NSWSC 38

A 14-year-old Aboriginal applicant was granted conditional bail after the Court found no unacceptable risk and high confidence he would not reoffend on bail.

  • Bail for children
  • Section 22c bail act 2013 (nsw)
  • Interaction with children (criminal proceedings) act 1987 (nsw)
  • Bail-for-children
  • Bail-act-section-22c
  • Children-criminal-proceedings-act
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R v White

R v White [2024] NSWSC 1527

The Supreme Court refused the Crown’s detention application after a manslaughter conviction, continuing Kristian White’s bail pending sentencing submissions.

  • Detention application
  • Bail act 2013 s 22b
  • Special or exceptional circumstances
  • Sentencing
  • Manslaughter by police officer
  • Bail
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Lee v R (Cth)

Lee v R (Cth) [2024] NSWCCA 202

The Court of Criminal Appeal granted Julian Lee bail on strict conditions after finding he had shown cause, despite serious cocaine conspiracy charges and lengthy pre-trial delay.

  • Bail application
  • Show cause test
  • Unacceptable risk test
  • Conspiracy to import drugs
  • Electronic monitoring
  • Delay in trial
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R v Fakhreddine

R v Fakhreddine [2024] NSWSC 302

The Court partly varied bail conditions, allowing employment changes and extending reporting hours, but refused to reduce the number of reporting days.

  • Variation of bail conditions
  • Bail application procedure
  • Reporting requirements
  • Employment conditions on bail
  • Bail
  • Bail-variation
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Zahed v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)

Zahed v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2023] NSWSC 75

The Supreme Court of NSW refused Tarek Zahed bail on murder and kidnapping charges, finding he failed to show cause under the Bail Act and that health concerns did not justify release.

  • Application of s 16a bail act
  • Show cause requirement in bail proceedings
  • Murder
  • Specially aggravated kidnapping
  • Organised crime
  • Adequacy of medical care in custody
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