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Menon v R; Onley v R

The Court dismissed Menon and Onley’s applications for leave to appeal and their fresh request for a sheriff’s investigation into alleged juror impropriety.

  • Jury irregularities
  • S 73a jury act 1977 (nsw) investigation
  • Non-publication orders
  • Jurisdiction of court of criminal appeal
  • Repeat applications
  • Judicial review
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Hall, Sheriff of New South Wales v The Gilded Wombat Pty Limited

The Local Court found the accused guilty of threatening a juror-employee by email and letter after she was summoned for jury service.

  • Threats by employer to employee summoned for jury service
  • Interpretation of s 69(7) of the jury act 1977 (nsw)
  • Objective meaning of threat
  • Meaning of injury and alteration of position to prejudice
  • Onus of proof under s 69(8) of the jury act 1977 (nsw)
  • Jury-service
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Hoang v The QueenCitation:[2022] HCA 14Before:Kiefel CJ, Gageler, Keane, Gordon, Edelman JJDate:13 Apr 2022Case Number:S146/2021, S147/2021, S148/2021, S149/2021Read more

The High Court held a juror had to be discharged for misconduct after an internet search about a Working with Children Check, and verdicts taken before discharge were set aside.

  • Jury misconduct
  • Mandatory discharge of juror
  • Jury deliberations
  • Working with children check
  • Juror-misconduct
  • Mandatory-discharge-of-juror
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