Dickson v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions; Dickson v Commonwealth of Australia [2023] NSWCA 175

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Dickson v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions; Dickson v Commonwealth of Australia [2023] NSWCA 175 Hearing dates: 31 May 2023; 23 June 2023 Date of orders: 1 August 2023 Decision date: 01 August 2023 Before: Ward P; Kirk JA Decision: In each proceeding: 1. If required, leave be granted under the Felons (Civil Proceedings) Act 1981 (NSW) for the bringing of the application for leave to appeal. 2. Leave to appeal is refused. 3. The applicant is to pay the respondent's costs of the application for leave to appeal. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Summary disposal – Dismissal of proceedings – Abuse of process Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56 Constitution, ss 73, 75, 76 Criminal Code (Cth), ss 11.5, 135.4, 400.3 Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983 (Cth), s 32A Felons (Civil Proceedings) Act 1981 (NSW), s 4 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), ss 30, 39, 40, 68, 78B, 79 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), ss 69, 101 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 13.4, 14.28 Cases Cited: Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552; [2000] HCA 41 Be Financial Pty Ltd as Trustee for Be Financial Operations Trust v Das [2012] NSWCA 164 Carolan v AMF Bowling Pty Ltd t/as Bennetts Green Bowl [1995] NSWCA 69 Clarke v State of New South Wales [2015] NSWCA 27 Commissioner of Taxation v Rawson Finances Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 617 Decor Corp Pty Ltd v Dart Industries Inc (1991) 33 FCR 397; [1991] FCA 397 Dickson v Commissioner of Australian Federal Police [2019] NSWSC 1293 Dickson v Commissioner, Australian Federal Police [2020] NSWCA 125; (2020) 381 ALR 364 Dickson v Commonwealth; Dickson v Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) [2022] NSWSC 1122 Dickson v R (No 2) [2018] NSWCCA 183 Dickson v R (No 3) [2018] NSWCCA 242 Dickson v R [2016] NSWCCA 105 Dickson v The Queen [2016] HCATrans 307 Dickson v The Queen; Dickson v The Queen [2019] HCASL 187 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Moradian, Saliba and Sparos [2010] NSWCCA 27 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337; [2000] HCA 63 Ex parte Bucknell (1936) 56 CLR 221; [1936] HCA 67 Gibson v Parkes District Hospital (1991) 26 NSWLR 9 Gould v Vaggelas; (1985) 157 CLR 215; [1985] HCA 75 Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia v Hunt (1982) 44 ALR 365 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Housing Commission of New South Wales v Tatmar Pastoral Co Pty Ltd [1983] 3 NSWLR 378 Jaycar Pty Limited v Lombardo [2011] NSWCA 284 Johnson Tiles Pty Ltd v Esso Australia Pty Ltd (2000) 104 FCR 564; [2000] FCA 1572 Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (1996) 189 CLR 51; [1998] HCA 24 Kassam v Hazzard; Henry v Hazzard (2021) 106 NSWLR 520; [2021] NSWCA 299 Macatangay v New South Wales (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 272 New South Wales v Kable (2013) 252 CLR 118; [2013] HCA 26 Nguyen v The Queen (2020) 269 CLR 299; [2020] HCA 23 Pratten v Commonwealth of Australia [2017] HCATrans 124 R v Anthony James Dickson (No 18) [2015] NSWSC 268 R v Dickson; R v Issakidis (No 12) [2014] NSWSC 1595 R v Kinghorn (2021) 106 NSWLR 322; [2021] NSWCCA 313 Re Application of Malcolm Huntley Potier [2012] NSWCA 222 Secretary, Department of Family and Community Services v Smith (2017) 95 NSWLR 597; [2017] NSWCA 206 Soulemezis v Dudley (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1987) 10 NSWLR 247 Woolcock Street Investments Pty Ltd v CDG Pty Ltd (2004) 216 CLR 515; [2004] HCA 16 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Proceeding 2022/00311455 (Damages Proceeding) Anthony James Dickson (Applicant) Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent)