Court of Appeal
BEACH, McLEISH and WALKER JJA
20, 21 and 30 September 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 Act (Victoria) Act 2000 (Vic), s 9(1).
Words and phrases — ‘signed personally’.
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