Pre-Trial Hearings
Directions and rulings can be made on pre-trial legal arguments (s 590AA Criminal Code). This may include:
* Applications for disclosure
* Applications for further and better particulars
* Applications for directions of expedition of proceedings
* Applications for joinder/severance of charges/separate trials for co-accused
* Applications to exclude evidence
* Applications in respect of a fair trial - including applications for stays/transfer/adjournments
* Applications for a Basha inquiry
* Applications for judge-alone trials
These pre-trial decisions may be the subject of appeal (PV [2004] QCA 494).
* Applications for disclosure
* Applications for further and better particulars
* Applications for directions of expedition of proceedings
* Applications for joinder/severance of charges/separate trials for co-accused
* Applications to exclude evidence
* Applications in respect of a fair trial - including applications for stays/transfer/adjournments
* Applications for a Basha inquiry
* Applications for judge-alone trials
These pre-trial decisions may be the subject of appeal (PV [2004] QCA 494).