Examples of VLR in a sentence
R v Sefton [1917] VLR 259 was decided in our court under the common law.
Without in any way doubting the importance of the other considerations, the primary purpose of bail is to ensure the attendance of the accused at his or her trial and the associated preliminary hearings: Cozzi (2005) 12 VR 211, 217 [33] (Coldrey J); R v Watson (1947) 64 WN (NSW) 100 (Herron J), approved R v Light [1954] VLR 152, 155-7 (Sholl J).
In R v Light [1954] VLR 152, also a common law case, Sholl J held at 157 this to be the ‘first matter of consideration’.
This too is the position at common law, as expounded in leading authorities such as Light [1954] VLR 152, 155-7 (Sholl J), followed in Paterson (2006) 163 A Crim R 122, 127-8 [30] (Gillard J).and R v Watson (1947) 64 WN (NSW) 100, 102 (Herron J).”The Principle of Personal Liberty is Wider than Freedom from Unlawful Detention:[5] “As to personal liberty, it has foundational significance in the scheme of the common law.
See e.g. R v Brasier (1779) 1 Leach 199 at 200; R v Lyons (1889) 15 VLR 15; R v Brooks (1998) 44 NSWLR 121 at 124 per Grove J.