D.P.P. (NSW) v. KING [2000] NSWSC 394

Reported Decision : [2000] 49 NSWLR 727 [2000] 114 A Crim R 14

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : D.P.P. (NSW) v. KING [2000] NSWSC 394 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Civil FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 010586/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 13/04/00 17/04/00 18/04/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 May 2000

PARTIES : Director of Public Prosecutions Rodney King JUDGMENT OF : O'Keefe J

COUNSEL : W. Roser (DPP) P. Byrne S.C.. Solicitor for Public Prosecutions, 265 Castlereagh Street, Sydney SOLICITORS : Carroll & O'Dea 19th Level, 111 Elizabeth Street, Sydney CATCHWORDS : Confiscation of property - Restraining order - Revocation of restraining order - Tainted property - Property used in connection with the commission of a serious offence - Meaning of used - Meaning of in connection with - Power of Court to revoke restraining order LEGISLATION CITED : Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act,1989, S.4,43,44,54 Criminal Assets Recovery Act,1990 S.10,12 Supreme Court Rules Part 40 Rule 9 Sultana (1992) 74 A Crim R 27 R. v. Hadadd (1989) 16 NSWLR 476 R. v. Bolger (1989) 16 NSWLR 115 R. v. Presta (CCA, NSW, unreported 21 February 2000) DPP v. Logan Park Investments Pty. Ltd. (1995) 37 NSWLR 118 Murphy v. Farmer (1988) 165 CLR 19 CASES CITED : NSW Crime Commission v. Gardner (Supreme Court, NSW, unreported 3 December, 1999, Adams J.) R. v. Polain (1989) 52 SASR 526 Taylor v.AG (1991) 52 A Crim R 166 Re Ward (1987) 33 A Crim R 60 DPP v. Garner (Victorian County Court 26 April, 1999, unreported, Kelly J.) R. v. Rintel (1990) 3 WRA 527 DPP for W.A. v. Farley (Supreme Court, W.A., unreported 17 September, 1996, Heenan J.) United States v. One 1941 Pontiac Sedan (1948) 83 F Supp. 999 DECISION : Restraining and other orders revoked; Plaintiff to pay defendant's costs