R v O'HALLORAN [2000] NSWSC 704

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : R v O'HALLORAN [2000] NSWSC 704 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 70065/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 13/06/00, 14/06/00, 15/06/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 July 2000

PARTIES : R v James Francis O'HALLORAN JUDGMENT OF : Barr J at 1

COUNSEL : Cth DPP: TA Game SC Applicant: C Waterstreet SOLICITORS : Cth DPP: J Austin Applicant: Holman Webb CATCHWORDS : Criminal Law - whether in the circumstances of the case there was a need of Constitutional power enabling the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions to prosecute for an offence against the Corporations Law of New South Wales. - Criminal Law - whether indictment bad for duplicity. - Criminal Law - s 998 Corporations Law - doing anything intended or likely to create a false or misleading appearance with respect to the market for or the price of securities - whether instructing a stockbroker to sell shares at certain prices is "doing any thing". - Criminal Law - whether prosecution in part an abuse of process. Broadcasting and Television Act 1965 Constitution s 51(i), 51(v), 51(xx) LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 1989 (Commonwealth) ss 82, Corporations (New South Wales) Act 1980 ss 7, 28(1)(a), 29, 30(1), 31(1), 33. Corporations Law s 998 Actors & Announcers Equity Association v Fontana Films (1982) 150 CLR 169 Bank of New South Wales v The Commonwealth (1948) 76 CLR 1 The Commonwealth v Bank of New South Wales (1949) 79 CLR 497 Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 158 CLR 1 DPP (Vic) v Williams [1993] 1 VLR 238 Fenwick v Jeffries Industries Ltd, Cohen J, 18.8.95 Herald and Weekly Times v The Commonwealth (1966) 115 CLR 418 Hospital Provident Fund Pty Limited v State of Victoria (1952-1953) 87 CLR 1 CASES CITED : The Queen v Hughes [2000] HCA 22 Re Ku-Ring-Gai Co-operative Building Society (No 12) Limited (1978) 22 ALR 621 Murphy v Farmer (1988) 165 CLR 19 North v Marra Developments Limited (1981) 148 CLR 42 R v Federal Court of Australia; ex parte WA National Football League (Adamson) (1979) 143 CLR 170 Refern v Dunlop Rubber (1964) 110 CLR 194 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251 Romeyko v Samuels (1972) 2 SASR 529 State Superannuation Board v Trade Practices Commission (1982) 150 CLR 282 Western Union Telegraph Co v Foster 247 US 105 (1918) DECISION : Motion dismissed. This order certified as a proper one for determination on appeal.