Dickson v Commissioner, Australian Federal Police [2020] NSWCA 125

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Dickson v Commissioner, Australian Federal Police [2020] NSWCA 125 Hearing dates: 16 June 2020 Date of orders: 29 June 2020 Decision date: 29 June 2020 Before: Basten JA and Meagher JA Decision: (1) To the extent necessary, grant the applicant leave to seek leave to appeal. (2) Dismiss the application for leave to appeal. (3) Order the applicant to pay the respondent's costs in this Court. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – summary dismissal – fraud or abuse of process in obtaining restraining order – property suspected of being proceeds of crime – subsequent forfeiture as result of convictions – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, r 13.4(1) JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS – amending, varying and setting aside – fraud, misrepresentation or suppression of material facts – requirements for setting aside judgment on basis of actual fraud PROCEDURE – judicial review – plaintiff in custody serving sentence for Commonwealth offences – requirement for leave to commence proceedings –whether convicted of a "serious indictable offence" within Felons (Civil Proceedings) Act 1981 (NSW), s 4 – application to federal indictable offences – Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), ss 79, 80; Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), s 21 Legislation Cited: Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Felons (Civil Proceedings) Act 1981 (NSW), ss 4, 5, 6, 7 Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), ss 12, 21 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), ss 79, 80 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth), ss 18, 42, 92, 94 Status of Children Act 1996 (NSW), s 14 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 101 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 13.1, 13.4, 14.28 Cases Cited: AD v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (2018) 97 NSWLR 588; [2018] NSWCA 89 Clone Pty Ltd v Players Pty Ltd (In liq) (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (2018) 264 CLR 165; [2018] HCA 12 Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Dickson (No 3) [2016] NSWSC 564 D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid (2005) 223 CLR 1; [2005] HCA 12 Dickson v R [2016] NSWCCA 105 LNC Industries Ltd v BMW (Australia) Ltd (1983) 151 CLR 575; [1983] HCA 31 Masson v Parsons [2019] HCA 21; (2019) 368 ALR 583 Pedersen v Young (1964) 110 CLR 162; [1964] HCA 28 R v Anthony James Dickson (No 18) [2015] NSWSC 268 Rizeq v Western Australia (2017) 262 CLR 1; [2017] HCA 23 State of New South Wales v Kable (2013) 252 CLR 118; [2013] HCA 26 Texts Cited: Jason Donnelly, "The convicted felon's right to judicial review and the common law doctrine of attainder in Australia", (2013) 2 Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice 32 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Anthony James Dickson (Applicant) Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: In person (Applicant) Mr K Anderson (Respondent)