ASIC v Farley & Anor [2001] NSWSC 326

Reported Decision : 51 NSWLR 494

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : ASIC v Farley & Anor [2001] NSWSC 326 revised - 29/06/2001 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 10267/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 23 & 24 April 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 May 2001

Australian Securities and Investments Commission PARTIES : Gerard Andrew Farley Lilian Horler LCM JUDGMENT OF : Sperling J at 1

LOWER COURT Local Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Horler LCM JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr David Hammerschlag SC with Mr McGuire for the Plaintiff Mr Alexander Street SC for the Defendant SOLICITORS : Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions for the Plaintiff Garland Hawthorne Brahe Solicitors & Attorneys for the First Defendant CATCHWORDS : Certiorari - costs in criminal proceedings - whether certiorari available for any error of law or only jurisdictional error in relation to a decision of the Local Court in criminal proceedings - whether jurisdictional error - whether error of law - discretion to grant certiorari where available appeal Corporations Law s998 LEGISLATION CITED : Justices Act s81, s104, s120, s146 Supreme Court Act s69 A-G (NSW) v Dawes [1976] 1 NSWLR 242 Anderson v Judges of the District Court (1992) 27 NSWLR 701 Craig v South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163 Fosse v DPP & Anor [1999] NSWSC 367 CASES CITED : Hargrave v Slater [2000] NSWSC 387 Hill v King (1993) 31 NSWLR 654 Meagher v Stephenson (1993) 30 NSWLR 736 Re Hateley [1965] NSWR 1061 Yisrael v District Court of NSW (1996) 87 A Crim R 63 DECISION : 1. An order in the nature of certiorari quashing the order of the Second Defendant of 8 January 2001; 2. The matter is remitted to the Second Defendant to be determined in accordance with the law.