New South Wales Law Reform Commission
To The Honourable T W Sheahan, BA, LLB, MP,
Attorney General for New South Wales
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE REPORT: THE JURY IN A CRIMINAL TRIAL
We make this Report under our reference from your predecessor, the Honourable F i Walker, QC, MP, to inquire Into and review the law and practice relating to criminal procedure and, in particular, the practices and procedures relating to juries In criminal proceedings.
Keith Mason QC
(Chairman of the Commission)
Paul Byrne
(Commissioner in Charge)
Greg James QC
(Part-time Commissioner)
Her Honour Judge Jane Mathews
(Part-time Commissioner)
The Honourable Mr Justice Adrian Roden
(Part-time Commissioner)
Ronald Sackville
(Part-time Commissioner)
March 1986
Terms of Reference
To inquire into and review the law and practice relating to criminal procedure, the conduct of criminal proceedings and matters incidental thereto; and in particular, without affecting the generality of the foregoing, to consider-
(a) the means of instituting criminal proceedings;
(b) the role and conduct of committal proceedings;
(c) pre-trial procedures in criminal proceedings;
(d) trial procedures in matters dealt with summarily or on indictment;
(e) practices and procedures relating to juries in criminal proceedings;
(f) procedures followed in the sentencing of convicted persons;
(g) appeals in criminal proceedings,
(h) the classification of criminal offences;
(i) the desirability and feasibility of codifying the law relating to criminal procedure.
F J Walker QC
Attorney General
17 January 1982
Participants
For the purpose of this Report in the Criminal Procedure Reference the following members of the Commission have acted as a Division constituted by the Chairman in accordance with s12A of the Law Reform Commission Act 1967.
Commissioners:
Paul Byrne (Commissioner in charge of reference)
Greg James QC (from 7 August 1985)
Keith Mason QC (Chairman of the Commission)
Her Honour Judge Jane Mathews
The Honourable Mr Justice Adrian Roden
Ronald Sackville
(Miss Deirdre O'Connor was for a period a member of the Division but did not participate in the final Report)
Research Director:
Mark Richardson (to 21 June 1985)
Ms Fiona Tito (Acting, 24 June 1985 to 19 September 1985)
William J Tearle (from 18 November 1985)
Senior Legal Officer:
Additional Research Assistance:
Ms Janice Edmond
Mr Gordon Renouf
Ms Clare Sneddon
Secretary:
Typing and Word Processing:
Ms Lorna Clarke
Mrs Margaret Edenborough
Ms Nozveen Harris
Miss Meg Orr
Librarian:
Administrative Assistance:
Miss Zoya Howes
Ms Dianne Wood
