Australia, May 14 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on April 14:
1. BELL CJ: I agree with Ward P.
2. WARD P: On 25 September 2023, this Court published reasons granting leave to appeal but dismissing the appeal by MA and AD from an interlocutory judgment of Pickering SC DCJ in the District Court declining to grant a permanent stay of criminal proceedings against those accused. The accused had been charged with two counts of aggravated sexual intercourse without consent contrary to s 61J(1) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) (Crimes Act). AD had also been charged with four counts of sexual intercourse without consent contrary to s 61I of the Crimes Act. The accused's names were anonymised pursua...