Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)

Judgment date: 9/05/1995
Court: NSWCA
Judge: Mahoney, Clarke and Sheller JJA
Citation: (1995) 118 FLR 444; (1995) 36 NSWLR 374; (1995) 79 A Crim R 158; BC9504534;
Catchwords: Civil and political rights;  Civil rights;  Statutory power for preventive detention in NSW;  Whether justified or a gross infringement of human rights;  

Constitutional law;  Constitution;  Implied rights, freedoms and immunities;  Whether legislation invalid if directed against individual;  

Statutes;  Interpretation;  Meaning of phrase "more likely than not";  Degree of proof or satisfaction necessary;  

Criminal law;  Bail;  Whether preventive detention order appropriate;  Whether appellant appropriately secured pursuant to Bail Act;