Gray v DPP [2008] VSC 4 (16 January 2008)
In the first decision to substantively consider the Victorian Charter of Human Rights since it became justiciable on 1 January 2008, Bongiorno J has held that the Charter guarantees the right to a timely trial and that the appropriate remedies for failure of the Crown to provide such a trial are release of the accused on bail or, alternatively, a permanent stay of proceedings.
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