Federal Court of Australia
JUDGMENT No. 8. al we
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
) ) NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY ) No. G.192 of 1985 ) GENERAL DIVISION )
CLIVE GEORGE RICHARD Applicant
AND
THE SECRETARY ATTORNEY GENERAL' s DEPARTMENT
Respondent
September 1985 Franki J.
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
The applicant Clive George Richards was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment to commence on 18 August 1980 for offences under the Crimes Act 1914, On 3 August 1982 he was released from prison under a licence from the Governor General. On 8 August 1983 he was returned to prison as a result of sentences imposed for 2 convictions for offences under a State Act. On 11 August 1983 he was convicted and sentenced in respect of a further offence under a State Act. On 22 November 1983 the Attorney-General advised that in January 1984 he would recommend to the Governor-General that the applicant's licence be revoked a few days before 7 February 1984. On 27 January 1984 the Governor-General revoked the applicant's
licence as a result of his conviction for offences under a State
2.
Act. On 28 January 1984 the applicant escaped from prison without having been notified that his licence had been revoked by the Governor-General. On 12 June 1985 the respondent notified the
applicant by letter inter alia as follows:-
"But the fact of your escape from lawful custody has been established. You however lost remission of all the sentence you were serving at the time of your escape."
A similar letter was sent on the same day to the applicant's solicitor which stated inter alia, "The Department of Corrective Services, N.S.W., has advised this Department that your client will complete service of his Federal sentence on4 July 1986. The Attorney-General considered his case on 28 May 1985. He has approved that your client be considered for possible release on licence on 7 October 1985. Prison and parole reports have been requested for the review, and your client's cse will be submitted
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate