Key legal question
Whether the complainant had standing to challenge the acquittal on the merits before the Federal Court
Extracted holding
No. As a mere injured party not directly affected in bodily, psychological, or sexual integrity, the complainant lacked victim status and therefore no standing to appeal on the merits.
Extracted reasoning
A simple injured party may obtain only review of formal denial of justice-type violations of procedural rights; the appeal attacked only the merits of the acquittal and did not allege such a formal violation.