NSW Land and Housing Corporation v LC [2023] NSWDC 241

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: NSW Land and Housing Corporation v LC [2023] NSWDC 241 Hearing dates: 09, 12 & 13 December 2022 Date of orders: 23 June 2023 Decision date: 23 June 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Bennett SC DCJ Decision: In respect of each of the Sequences, One through to and including Seven, I dismiss the appeals from conviction Catchwords: LEASES AND TENANCIES — Agreement for lease LEASES AND TENANCIES — False statement and Representations Legislation Cited: Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 Children (Protection and Parental Responsibility) Act 1997 Community Welfare Act 1987 Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Evidence Act 1995 Housing Act 2001 Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 Public Sector Employment and Management (Housing) Order 2013 (NSW) Residential Tenancies Act 2010 Residential Tenancies and Housing Legislation Amendment (Public Housing-Antisocial Behaviour) Act 2015 Supreme Court Act 1970 Boarding Houses Act 2012 Cases Cited: AG v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2015] NSWCA 218 Blackpool Corporation v Locker [1948] 1 KB 349 Carltona Ltd v Commissioner of Works [1943] 2 All ER 560 Charara v The Queen (2006) 164 A Crim R 39 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Burns [2010] NSWCA 265 Director of Public Prosecutions v AG (NSW) [2015] NSWCA 218 Director of Public Prosecutions v West [2000] NSWCA 103; 48 NSWLR 647 DPP v Lazzam [2016] NSWSC 145 DPP v West (2000) 48 NSWLR 647 Dyason v Butterworth [2015] NSWCA 52 Engelbrecht v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2016] NSWCA 290 Frangieh v Commissioner of Taxation [2018] NSWCA 337 Garrett v Freeman [2006] NSWCCA 278 Justices Act 1902 (NSW) LC v R [2022] NSWDC 19 Lunney v DPP [2021] NSWCA 186 McNab v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2021] NSWCA 298 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 Moore v R [2016] NSWCCA 185 New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation v Diab [2015] NSWCA 133 New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation v Navazi [2013] NSWCA 431 NSW Land and Housing Corporation v Navazi [2013] NSWCA 431 NSW Land and Housing Corporation v Quinn (No. 2) [2018] NSWDC 161 O'Reilly v State Bank of Victoria Commissioners [1983] HCA 47; (1983) 153 CLR 1 Parker v Comptroller-General of Customs (2009) 252 ALR 619 Plaintiff M61/2010E v Commonwealth of Australia [2010] HCA 41; 243 CLR 319 Queensland v J L Holdings Pty Ltd [1997] HCA 1; (1997) 189 CLR 146 R v Doyle [2018] QCA 303 R v Keenan (2009) 236 CLR 397 Re Reference Under Section 11 of Ombudsman Act 1976 (1979) 2 ALD 86 Rebecca Khodragha v R, unreported 22 February 2017, District Court of NSW, Sides DCJ Rich v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2004] HCA 42; 220 CLR 129 Ridgeway v The Queen [1995] HCA 66; (1995) 184 CLR 19 Sasterawan v Morris [2007] NSWCCA 185 Sean Investments Pty Ltd v Mackellar (1981) 38 ALR 363 Shepherd v The Queen (1990) 170 CLR 573 Stucky v Iliff [1960] HCA 57 Taciak v Commissioner of Australian Federal Police [1995] FCA 650; 59 FCR 285 The Queen v Baden-Clay [2016] HCA 35; 258 CLR 308 Twaddell v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation [2014] NSWSC 7 Texts Cited: Criminal Practice & Procedure NSW Category: Principal judgment Parties: LC (Appellant) NSW Land and Housing Corporation (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Greg Johnson (Counsel for the Appellant) Tony Di Francesco (Counsel for the Respondent)