R v Macleod [2001] NSWCCA 357

(2001) 39 ACSR 189 Reported Decision : 52 NSWLR 389 125 A Crim R 60

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Macleod [2001] NSWCCA 357 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60131/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 6/6/01, 7/6/01, 8/06/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 14 September 2001

PARTIES : Robert James MACLEOD - Appellant REGINA - Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Simpson J at 54; Newman AJ at 159

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 98/11/63 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Rummery DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr C Papayanni - Appellant Mr T Game SC with Mr D Jordan - Crown SOLICITORS : Ms Anita Betts - Appellant Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions - Respondent CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - Companies (NSW) Code ss 169, 570(1) - Corporations Law, ss 780, 232(6), - 101A(1) - 1064(1), 1311(1) - Securities Industry (NSW) Code, s 43 - Crimes Act 1901 (NSW), s 173 - Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), s 5 - Corporations (NSW) Act 1990, s 8, s 13(2), Pt 8, s 55 - Corporations Act (Cth) 1989 s 82 - fraudulent intent - dishonesty - sufficiency of directions - claim of right - "prescribed interest" and "participation interest" pursuant to Companies (NSW) Code and Corporations Law - adequacy of directions as to relevant facts - what facts necessary to be averred in indictment - consciousness of guilt - directions as to - onus of proof - "directing mind of a company" - identity between directing mind of company - whether consensual transaction in transferring company's property - whether fraudulent - authority of Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) to prosecute charges laid under state legislation - jurisdiction of District Court of NSW to hear charges - knowingly concerned in offence (Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) (s5) - offences against the law of the Commonwealth - application for leave to appeal against sentence. Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) Securities Industry (NSW) Code Corporations Law Companies and Securities (Interpretation and Miscellaneous Provisions) (NSW) Code Corporations (New South Wales) Act 1990 LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 1989 (Cth) Corporations (Western Australia) Act 1990 (WA) Corporations (Commonwealth Authorities and Officers) Regulations Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983 (Cth) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Corporations Law (SA) Corporations (SA) Act 1990 Tesco Ltd v Nattrass [1972] AC 153 R v Roffel [1985] VR 511 R v Morris [1984] AC 320 R v Gomez [1993] AC 442 R v McHugh (1988) 88 Cr App R 385 Attorney-General's Reference (No.2 of 1982) [1984] QB 624 Belmont Finance Corporation Ltd v Williams Furniture Ltd [1979] Ch 250 R v Lawrence [1972] AC 626 Maher (1986) 21 A Crim R 316 Durovic (1994) 71 A Crim R 33 Duke Group Ltd v Pilmer (1998) 144 FLR 1 R v Glenister [1980] 2 NSWLR 597 Attorney-General's Reference No.1 of 1985 (1985) 19 A Crim R 436 Hamilton v Whitehead (1988) 166 CLR 121 CASES CITED: Australian Securities and Investment Commission v Vis (2000) 77 SASR 490 R v Hughes (2000) 171 ALR 155 R v O'Halloran [2000] NSWCA 528 Brown v Green (1951 84 CLR 285 Western Australia v The Commonwealth (1995) 813 CLR 373 The King v Adams (1935) 53 CLR 563 Mallan v Lee (1949) 80 CLR 198 Byrnes v The Queen (1999) 199 CLR 1 Australian Securities Commission v McLeod (2000) 22 WAR 255 Cassell v The Queen (2000) 201 CLR 189 The Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 158 CLR 1 Re Turner (1996) 136 ALR 229 Peters v R (1998) 192 CLR 493 R v Lawson (1996) 86 A Crim R 111 R v Piazza (1997) 94 A Crim R 459 R v Zorad (1990) 19 NSWLR 91 DECISION : (i) On counts 12 and 13 appeal against conviction allowed, convictions quashed; (ii) on all other counts: appeal against conviction dismissed; (iii) the appellant be granted leave to appeal against sentence; (iv) the appeal against the sentences imposed in relation to counts 12 and 13 be allowed, and the sentences imposed be quashed; (v) in relation to all other counts, the appeal against sentence be dismissed.