The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Chen (No 4) [2022] NSWSC 1719

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Chen (No 4) [2022] NSWSC 1719 Hearing dates: 7, 8, 29, 30 September 2022 Date of orders: 4 November 2022 Decision date: 16 December 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Campbell J Decision: See paragraph 1 Catchwords: CRIME – confiscations – restraining order – application for exclusion orders concerning applicants' interest in the property – whether interest is the proceeds of unlawful activity Legislation Cited: Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002 (Qld), s 68 Customs Act 1901 (Cth), s 233BABAD Evidence (Audio and Audio Visual Links) Act 1998 (NSW), s 5B Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 47A Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth), ss 18, 19, 29, 47, 49, 52, 94, 94A, 100, 118, 315, 317, 329, 330 Cases Cited: Auken Animal Husbandry Pty Ltd v 3RD Solution Investment Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 1153 Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Hart (2018) 262 CLR 76; [2018] HCA 1 Henderson v Queensland (2014) 255 CLR 1; [2014] HCA 52 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Joyce v Sunland Waterfront (BVI) Limited (2011) 195 FCR 213; [2011] FCAFC 95 Liu v Option Funds Management Limited [2022] FCA 444 Lordianto v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (2019) 266 CLR 273; [2019] HCA 39 Wang Chunfeng v Law Society of New South Wales [2022] NSWSC 986 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police Bob Chen (First Defendant) Baijing Hu (Second Defendant) T.J. International Trading Pty Ltd (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: G. O'Mahoney and D. Habashy (Plaintiff) A. Norrie (2nd and 3rd Defendants)