The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Dickson & Ors [2020] NSWSC 869

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Dickson & Ors [2020] NSWSC 869 Hearing dates: 18 June 2020 Date of orders: 18 June 2020 Decision date: 06 July 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Lonergan J Decision: (1) Pursuant to s 95 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth) (Act), the Court declares that the property in the Schedule to these Orders was forfeited to the Commonwealth immediately before the start of 29 September 2018, pursuant to s 92(1) of the Act. (2) These orders be entered immediately. SCHEDULE – see paragraph [22] Catchwords: PROCEEDS OF CRIME – declarations – declaration sought that various property forfeited to the Commonwealth – order of the Court required to register Commonwealth as owner of various property – restraining orders previously made by the Court Legislation Cited: Criminal Code (Cth) Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth) Cases Cited: Commonwealth v Issakidis [2018] NSWSC 378 Issakidis v R [2019] NSWCCA 302 Issikadis v The Queen [2020] HCASL 121 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (Plaintiff) Anthony James Dickson (First Defendant) Michael John Issakidis (Second Defendant) Prima Ultima Pty Ltd (Third Defendant) Dagmar Maxianova (Fourth Defendant) Dampeir Finance FX Solutions Limited (New Zealand Company no 2433960) (Fifth Defendant) McFrolick Pty Ltd (Sixth Defendant) Sydney City Prestige Wholesale Pty Ltd (Seventh Defendant) Ipswich City Council (Eighth Defendant) Donrecka Issakidis (Ninth Defendant) Hilldon Pty Limited (Tenth Defendant) Bristol Wattle Properties Pty Ltd t/as Dampier Finance Group (Eleventh Defendant) Dampier Finance FX Strategies Limited (New Zealand Company No 2433038) (Twelfth Defendant) Jodaway Pty Limited (Thirteenth Defendant) Robin Thomas Ross Harper (Fourteenth Defendant) Wee Sleekit Pty Limited (Fifteenth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: C Conde (Plaintiff) R Candelori (Solicitor) (Second Defendant) L Henry (Solicitor) (Ninth, Tenth and Thirteenth Defendants)