Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Hartley v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police [2023] FCA 368 File number(s): NSD 1084 of 2022
Judgment of: ABRAHAM J
Date of judgment: 28 April 2023
Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – search warrant – validity of warrant – whether warrant did not or did not sufficiently state an offence – whether warrant ambiguous – where warrant sufficiently described nature of offence to indicate area of search – where warrant not established to be invalid
Legislation: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) ss 3, 3C, 3E, 3F(1), 79(1) Criminal Code (Cth) ss 11.2, 83.3
Cases cited: Adler v Gardiner [2002] FCA 1141; (2002) 43 ACSR 24 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Cloran (1984) 4 FCR 151 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Kane [2019] FCA 1716 Beneficial Finance Corporation v Commissioner of Australian Federal Police (1991) 31 FCR 523 Caratti v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (No 2) [2016] FCA 1132 Caratti v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police [2017] FCAFC 177; (2017) 257 FCR 166 Dunesky v Elder (1994) 54 FCR 540 George v Rockett [1990] HCA 26; (1990) 170 CLR 104 New South Wales v Corbett [2007] HCA 32; (2007) 230 CLR 606 Smethurst v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police [2020] HCA 14; (2020) 272 CLR 177 Williams v Keelty [2001] FCA 1301; (2001) 111 FCR 175 Wright v Queensland Police Service [2002] 2 Qd R 667 Zhang v Commissioner of Australian Federal Police [2021] HCA 16; (2021) 389 ALR 363
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