18 Aug 1994
Leave to appeal was refused because no arguable ground existed to challenge the trial judge's careful acceptance of Crown evidence; the concurrent sentences were appropriate for assisting illegal entry and were not wrong in principle or manifestly excessive.
22 Dec 1980
The Court held the District Court sentence of one year for aiding passage of unauthorised entrants was wrong in principle and manifestly inadequate and substituted two years; the High Court sentences of three years each for ownership and use of a vessel to smuggle entrants were manifestly inadequate and substituted five years imprisonment each. Sentencing must reflect the deliberate planned nature of commercial smuggling, the large financial gain, and the legislative intention evident in Part VIIA; medium serious planned land/vehicle cases warrant about two years, serious ship‑owner commercia…