Vella v Western Australia 18

[2006] WASCA 177

Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal

Australia - Western Australia

1st September, 2006

Cases Referring to this Case

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction †	Date	Full Text	Citation Index
Vella v Western Australia	[2012] HCASL 81	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	31 May 2012	AustLII	4
Vella v Western Australia	[2024] WASCA 48	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	1 May 2024	AustLII
Knight v Western Australia	[2016] WASCA 39	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	4 Mar 2016	AustLII
Vella v Michael John Bowden of Cannon Bowden & Co [No 3]	[2014] WASC 98	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	1 Apr 2014	AustLII	1
Vella v Bowden [No 2]	[2012] WASCA 271	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	21 Dec 2012	AustLII	5
Re Western Australia; Ex Parte Vella	[2012] WASC 312	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	31 Aug 2012	AustLII
Re Western Australia; Ex Parte Vella	[2012] WASCA 179	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	31 Aug 2012	AustLII	2
Vella v Bowden	[2011] WASCA 158	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	1 Aug 2011	AustLII	6
Vella and Bowden	[2011] WASAT 56	State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	8 Apr 2011	AustLII	6
Vella v Michael John Bowden of Cannon Bowden & Co	[2011] WASC 78	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	23 Mar 2011	AustLII	6
Vella and MacTaggart	[2011] WASAT 28	State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	16 Feb 2011	AustLII	3
Kowaleff v Western Australia	[2010] WASCA 183	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	17 Sep 2010	AustLII	8
Re Western Australia; Ex Parte Vella	[2010] WASC 213	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	12 Aug 2010	AustLII	6
Austic v Western Australia	[2010] WASCA 110	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	11 Jun 2010	AustLII	34
Stasinowsky v Western Australia	[2009] WASCA 20; (2009) 40 WAR 11	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	22 Jan 2009	AustLII	15
Vella v Western Australia	[2007] WASCA 59; (2007) 33 WAR 411	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	15 Mar 2007	AustLII	18

Law Reform Reports Referring to this Case

Journal Article Title	Citation(s)	Author	Jurisdiction †	Date	Full Text	Citation Index
- Project 97 - A review of the law of homicide - Final Report	[2007] WALRC 1	Western Australian Law Reform Commission	Australia - Western Australia	circa 2007	AustLII
- Project 97 - A review of the law of homicide	[2007] WALRC 100	Western Australian Law Reform Commission	Australia - Western Australia	circa 2007	AustLII

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Rules (Cth)	s91
Evidence Act 1906 (WA)	s27A, s27B, s32, s79C
Sentencing Act 1995 (WA)	s90
Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) Rules 2005 (WA)

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction †	Date	Full Text	Citation Index
Masciantonio v R	[1995] HCA 67; (1995) 183 CLR 58; (1995) 129 ALR 575; (1995) 69 ALJR 598; (1995) 80 A Crim R 331; (1995) 10 Leg Rep C5	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	14 Jun 1995	AustLII	178
Webb v R	[1994] HCA 30; (1994) 181 CLR 41; (1994) 122 ALR 41; (1994) 68 ALJR 582; 73 A Crim R 258	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	30 Jun 1994	AustLII	1335
Edwards v R	[1993] HCA 63; (1993) 178 CLR 193; 117 ALR 600; (1993) 68 ALJR 40; (1993) 68 A Crim R 349	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	17 Nov 1993	AustLII	1002
Stingel v R	[1990] HCA 61; (1990) 171 CLR 312; (1990) 97 ALR 1; (1990) 50 A Crim R 186; 65 ALJR 141; 273 P 908	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	20 Dec 1990	AustLII	239
R v Falconer	(1990) 171 CLR 30		Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1990	Legal Online / Westlaw	223
Mickelberg v R	[1989] HCA 35; (1989) 167 CLR 259; (1989) 86 ALR 321; 43 A Crim R 182; 63 ALJR 481	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	30 Jun 1989	AustLII	587
Butera v DPP (Vic)	[1987] HCA 58; (1987) 164 CLR 180; 76 ALR 45; (1987) 62 ALJR 7; 30 A Crim R 417	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	8 Dec 1987	AustLII	223
Van Den Hoek v R	[1986] HCA 76; (1986) 161 CLR 158; (1986) 69 ALR 1; 23 A Crim R 98; 61 ALJR 19	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	2 Dec 1986	AustLII	164
King v R	[1986] HCA 59; (1986) 161 CLR 423; 67 ALR 379; 21 A Crim R 436; 60 ALJR 685	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	21 Oct 1986	AustLII	225
Gallagher v R	[1986] HCA 26; (1986) 160 CLR 392; 65 ALR 207; 20 A Crim R 244; 60 ALJR 404	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	22 May 1986	AustLII	506
Johnson v R	[1976] HCA 44; (1976) 136 CLR 619; 11 ALR 23; (1976) 51 ALJR 57	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	26 Aug 1976	AustLII	61
Plomp v R	[1963] HCA 44; (1963) 110 CLR 234; [1964] ALR 267	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	18 Oct 1963	AustLII	538
Parker v R	[1963] HCA 14; (1963) 111 CLR 610; [1963] ALR 524; (1963) 37 ALJR 3	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	24 May 1963	AustLII	195
Martin v Osborne	[1936] HCA 23; (1936) 55 CLR 367; [1936] ALR 261	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	5 Jun 1936	AustLII	426
R v Kaddour	[2005] NSWCCA 303; (2005) 156 A Crim R 11	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Criminal Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	2 Sep 2005	AustLII	18
R v Ye Zhang	[2000] NSWSC 1099	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	1 Dec 2000	AustLII	33
R v Bathgate	[1946] NSWStRp 21; (1946) 46 SR (NSW) 281; 63 WN (NSW) 173	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	3 May 1946	AustLII	14
R v Lawrence	[2001] QCA 441; [2002] 2 Qd R 400; (2001) 124 A Crim R 83	Supreme Court of Queensland - Court of Appeal	Australia - Queensland	19 Oct 2001	AustLII	34
R v LSS	[2000] 1 Qd R 546		Australia - Queensland	circa 2000	LexisNexis AU	22
R v Foley	[2000] 1 Qd R 290		Australia - Queensland	circa 2000	LexisNexis AU	54
R v Bryer	[1994] QCA 547; (1994) 75 A Crim R 456	Supreme Court of Queensland - Court of Appeal	Australia - Queensland	16 Dec 1994	AustLII	29
R v Singh	[2003] SASC 344; (2003) 86 SASR 473	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	2 Oct 2003	AustLII	14
R v Bunting	[2002] SASC 412; (2002) 84 SASR 378; (2002) 136 A Crim R 539	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	17 Dec 2002	AustLII	29
Armstrong v R	(1983) 35 SASR 356; (1983) 11 A Crim R 363	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	circa 1983	Legal Online / Westlaw	44
R v Olasiuk	(1973) 6 SASR 255	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	circa 1973	Legal Online / Westlaw	24
Hetherington v Brooks	[1963] SASR 321	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	circa 1963	Legal Online / Westlaw	12
Prestage v R; Shearing v R	[1976] TASStRp 3; [1976] Tas SR 16		Australia - Tasmania	16 Mar 1976	AustLII	8
Tahche v Abboud	[2002] VSC 42	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	1 Mar 2002	AustLII	14
R v Booth	[1983] VicRp 4; [1983] 1 VR 39; (1982) 8 A Crim R 4		Australia - Victoria	29 Jun 1982	AustLII	19
R v Alexander & Taylor	[1975] VicRp 74; [1975] VR 741		Australia - Victoria	7 Nov 1974	AustLII	19
R v Lucas	[1973] VicRp 68; [1973] VR 693		Australia - Victoria	20 Nov 1972	AustLII	66
R v Harrison	[1966] VicRp 12; [1966] VR 72		Australia - Victoria	7 Oct 1965	AustLII	12
Vella v Western Australia	[2024] WASCA 48	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	1 May 2024	AustLII
Knight v Western Australia	[2016] WASCA 39	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	4 Mar 2016	AustLII
Vella v Michael John Bowden of Cannon Bowden & Co [No 3]	[2014] WASC 98	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	1 Apr 2014	AustLII	1
Vella v Bowden [No 2]	[2012] WASCA 271	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	21 Dec 2012	AustLII	5
Re Western Australia; Ex Parte Vella	[2012] WASCA 179	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	31 Aug 2012	AustLII	2
Re Western Australia; Ex Parte Vella	[2012] WASC 312	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	31 Aug 2012	AustLII
Vella v Bowden	[2011] WASCA 158	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	1 Aug 2011	AustLII	6
Vella and Bowden	[2011] WASAT 56	State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	8 Apr 2011	AustLII	6
Vella v Michael John Bowden of Cannon Bowden & Co	[2011] WASC 78	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	23 Mar 2011	AustLII	6
Vella and MacTaggart	[2011] WASAT 28	State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	16 Feb 2011	AustLII	3
Kowaleff v Western Australia	[2010] WASCA 183	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	17 Sep 2010	AustLII	8
Re Western Australia; Ex Parte Vella	[2010] WASC 213	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	12 Aug 2010	AustLII	6
Austic v Western Australia	[2010] WASCA 110	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	11 Jun 2010	AustLII	34
Stasinowsky v Western Australia	[2009] WASCA 20; (2009) 40 WAR 11	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	22 Jan 2009	AustLII	15
Vella v Western Australia	[2007] WASCA 59; (2007) 33 WAR 411	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	15 Mar 2007	AustLII	18
- Project 97 - A review of the law of homicide - Final Report	[2007] WALRC 1	Western Australian Law Reform Commission	Australia - Western Australia	circa 2007	AustLII
- Project 97 - A review of the law of homicide	[2007] WALRC 100	Western Australian Law Reform Commission	Australia - Western Australia	circa 2007	AustLII
Vella v Western Australia	[2006] WASCA 129	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	28 Jun 2006	AustLII	62
Vella v Western Australia	[2006] WASCA 30	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	25 Jan 2006	AustLII	14
McSwan v Western Australia	[2005] WASCA 128	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	6 Jul 2005	AustLII	5
Hogue v Western Australia	[2005] WASCA 102	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	3 Jun 2005	AustLII	52
Beamish v R	[2005] WASCA 62	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	1 Apr 2005	AustLII	96
Meko v R	[2004] WASCA 159; (2004) 146 A Crim R 131	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	5 Aug 2004	AustLII	12
Turner v R	[2004] WASCA 127	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	11 Jun 2004	AustLII	8
Paterson v R	(2004) 28 WAR 230		Australia - Western Australia	circa 2004	LexisNexis AU	1
Mallard v R	[2003] WASCA 296; (2003) 28 WAR 1	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	3 Dec 2003	AustLII	54
McCreed v R	[2003] WASCA 275; (2003) 27 WAR 554; (2003) 141 A Crim R 417	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	14 Nov 2003	AustLII	23
Roberts v R	[2003] WASCA 237; (2003) 28 WAR 381	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	3 Oct 2003	AustLII	11
Easterday v R	[2003] WASCA 69; (2003) 143 A Crim R 154	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	28 Mar 2003	AustLII	59
Errey v R	[2001] WASCA 75	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	15 Mar 2001	AustLII	4
Griffin v R	[2001] WASCA 11	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	29 Jan 2001	AustLII	9
Williams v R	(1996) 17 WAR 17; (1996) 90 A Crim R 200		Australia - Western Australia	circa 1996	LexisNexis AU	20
Jackson v R	[1990] WAR 105; (1989) 39 A Crim R 383		Australia - Western Australia	circa 1990	LexisNexis AU	12
Monaghan v R	(1990) 3 WAR 466		Australia - Western Australia	circa 1990	LexisNexis AU	10
Roche v R	[1987] WAR 278		Australia - Western Australia	circa 1987	LexisNexis AU	1
Cushing v R	[1977] WAR 7		Australia - Western Australia	circa 1977	LexisNexis AU	6
Ca)) R v R (D)	[1996] CanLII 207		Canada	circa 1996	CanLII
R v Smith	[2000] UKHL 49; [2001] 1 AC 146; [2000] 4 All ER 289; [2000] 3 WLR 654; [2001] 1 Cr App R 5; [2000] Crim LR 1004	House of Lords	United Kingdom	circa 2000	BAILII	72
R v Burge and Pegg	[1996] 1 Cr App R 163		United Kingdom	circa 1996	LexisNexis	54
R v Brown	[1994] 1 WLR 1599; [1995] 1 Cr App R 191		United Kingdom	circa 1994	LexisNexis / Westlaw	65
R v Ward	[1993] 2 All ER 577; [1993] 1 WLR 619; (1992) 96 Cr App R 1		United Kingdom	circa 1993	LexisNexis	145
R v Bliss	(1987) 84 Cr App R 1		United Kingdom	circa 1987	LexisNexis	7
R v Gibson	(1983) 77 Cr App R 151		United Kingdom	circa 1983	LexisNexis	1
R v Edwards	(1983) 77 Cr App R 5		United Kingdom	circa 1983	LexisNexis	10
R v Lucas	[1981] QB 720; [1981] 2 All ER 1008; 73 Cr App R 159; [1981] 3 WLR 120		United Kingdom	circa 1981	LexisNexis / Westlaw	768
R v Wooding	(1979) 70 Cr App R 256		United Kingdom	circa 1979	LexisNexis	2
Attorney General Reference No 3 of 1979	(1979) 69 Cr App R 411		United Kingdom	circa 1979	LexisNexis	14
DPP v Camplin	[1978] UKHL 2; [1978] AC 705; (1978) 67 Cr App R 14	House of Lords	United Kingdom	6 Apr 1978	BAILII	117
R v Stripp	(1978) 69 Cr App R 318		United Kingdom	circa 1978	LexisNexis	8
R v Baillie-Smith	(1977) 64 Cr App R 76		United Kingdom	circa 1977	LexisNexis	1
R v Moghal	(1977) 65 Cr App R 56		United Kingdom	circa 1977	LexisNexis	33
R v Rees	(1977) 64 Cr App R 155		United Kingdom	circa 1977	LexisNexis	1
R v Ching	(1976) 63 Cr App R 7		United Kingdom	circa 1976	LexisNexis	9
R v Groom	(1976) 62 Cr App R 242		United Kingdom	circa 1976	LexisNexis	4
R v Dolan	(1976) 62 Cr App R 36		United Kingdom	circa 1976	LexisNexis	6
R v McFadden	(1976) 62 Cr App R 187; [1976] Crim LR 193		United Kingdom	circa 1976	LexisNexis	5
R v Wilkins	[1975] 2 All ER 734		United Kingdom	circa 1975	LexisNexis	1
R v Davies	[1975] 2 WLR 586		United Kingdom	circa 1975	LexisNexis / Westlaw	1
R v Lamb	(1974) 59 Cr App R 196		United Kingdom	circa 1974	LexisNexis	13
R v Thorpe	(1974) 59 Cr App R 295		United Kingdom	circa 1974	LexisNexis	1
R v Gray	(1974) 58 Cr App R 177		United Kingdom	circa 1974	LexisNexis	2
R v Krausz	(1973) 57 Cr App R 466		United Kingdom	circa 1973	LexisNexis	6
Burns	(1973) 58 Cr App R 364		United Kingdom	circa 1973	LexisNexis	5
R v Anderson	[1972] 1 QB 304		United Kingdom	circa 1972	LexisNexis / Westlaw	8
R v Vickers	[1972] Crim LR 101		United Kingdom	circa 1972	Westlaw	5
R v Knightley	(1971) 55 Cr App R 390		United Kingdom	circa 1971	LexisNexis	1
Warner	(1971) 55 Cr App R 93; [1971] Crim LR 114; 135 JP 199		United Kingdom	circa 1971	LexisNexis	7
R v Dolan	(1969) 53 Cr App R 556		United Kingdom	circa 1969	LexisNexis	2
R v Bradbury	[1969] 2 QB 471; (1969) 53 Cr App R 217		United Kingdom	circa 1969	LexisNexis / Westlaw	2
R v Curr	[1968] 2 QB 944; (1967) 51 Cr App R 113		United Kingdom	circa 1968	LexisNexis / Westlaw	18
Broadhurst v R	[1964] AC 441; [1964] 1 All ER 111		United Kingdom	circa 1964	LexisNexis / Westlaw	206
Rumping v DPP	[1964] AC 814		United Kingdom	circa 1964	LexisNexis / Westlaw	22
R v Attfield	(1961) 45 Cr App R 309		United Kingdom	circa 1961	LexisNexis	6
R v Bryant and Dickson	(1946) 31 Cr App R 146; 110 JP 267		United Kingdom	circa 1946	LexisNexis	39
Caswell v Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries Ltd	[1940] AC 152; [1939] 3 All ER 722; 55 TLR 1004		United Kingdom	circa 1940	LexisNexis / Westlaw	459
R v Roberts	(1936) 1 All ER 23		United Kingdom	circa 1936	LexisNexis	1
R v Phillips	(1936) 26 Cr App R 17		United Kingdom	circa 1936	LexisNexis	17
R v Sugarman	(1935) 25 Cr App R 109		United Kingdom	circa 1935	LexisNexis	9
Maxwell v DPP	[1935] AC 309		United Kingdom	circa 1935	LexisNexis / Westlaw	78
R v Eidinow	(1932) 23 Cr App R 145		United Kingdom	circa 1932	LexisNexis	1
R v Banks	[1916] 2 KB 621; (1916) 12 Cr App R 74		United Kingdom	circa 1916	LexisNexis / Westlaw	46
R v Pudduck	[1865] EngR 61; 176 ER 662; (1865) 4 F & F 497		United Kingdom	circa 1865	CommonLII	44

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