The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Cranston and Ors (No 13) [2020] NSWSC 1054

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Cranston and Ors (No 13) [2020] NSWSC 1054 Hearing dates: 16 July 2020 Date of orders: 13 August 2020 Decision date: 13 August 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Wright J Decision: (1) The plaintiff and the Commonwealth are released from the undertakings as to costs and damages provided to the Court in these proceedings on 16 May 2017 in relation to the property listed in Schedules One, Two, Four, Five and Six of the amended notice of motion filed by the plaintiff on 12 March 2020. Catchwords: CRIME – Proceeds of Crime – Plaintiff released from undertakings as to costs and damages Legislation Cited: Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth) Cases Cited: Adam P. Brown Male Fashions Pty Ltd v Philip Morris Inc (1981) 148 CLR 170; [1981] HCA 39 Application by the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police [2019] NSWSC 837 The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Cranston and Ors (No 1) [2017] NSWSC 624 The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Cranston (No 12) [2020] NSWSC 508 The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Mac (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 978 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (Plaintiff) Adam Michael Cranston (First Defendant) Jason Cornell Onley (Second Defendant) Simon Paul Anquetil (Third Defendant) Dev Menon (Fourth Defendant) Devyn Hammond (Sixth Defendant) Prescott Page Recoveries Pty Ltd (Twenty-Fourth Defendant) Dali Cvek (Twenty-Fifth Defendant) First to Tenth Respondents Representation: Counsel: G O'Mahoney (Plaintiff)