DPP v Currie; DPP v Daniels (a pseudonym)
Court of Appeal
Beach, McLeish and Walker JJA
30/09/2021
[2021] VSCA 272
Statutory interpretation — Crown notice of appeal — Director of Public Prosecutions instructed associate to affix Director’s electronic signature to notice — Whether requirement that notice be ‘signed ... personally’ by Director satisfied — Whether Director’s decision to commence appeal justiciable — Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic), ss 287, 288 — Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000, s 9(1)
Words and phrases — ‘signed personally’
Read the judgment here.