NEW SOUTH WALES CRIME COMMISSION v. MURCHIE [2000] NSWSC 591

Reported Decision : 50 NSWLR 465 115 A Crim R 331

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : NEW SOUTH WALES CRIME COMMISSION v. MURCHIE [2000] NSWSC 591 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC No. 12829 of 1999 HEARING DATE(S) : Monday 29 May 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 June 2000

PARTIES : NEW SOUTH WALES CRIME COMMISSION v. MURCHIE, George John & ANOR JUDGMENT OF : Greg James J at 1

LOWER COURT Supreme Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 12829 of 1999 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Registrar Robinson JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Plaintiff: I. Temby, QC./R. Bromwich 2nd Defendant: G. Heathcote SOLICITORS : Plaintiff: New South Wales Crime Commission 2nd Defendant: Andrew Watts CATCHWORDS : Review of Registrar's ruling - proceeds of crime legislation - ambit of statutory examination - purposes of restraining order - meaning of "affairs" in Criminal Assets Recovery Act. Criminal Assets Recovery Act 1990 LEGISLATION CITED : Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989 Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 (Cth) Drug Trafficking (Civil Proceedings) Act 1990 Bond Corporation Holdings Limited v. Sulan (1990) 3 WAR 49 Young (1999) 46 NSWLR 681 Repatriation Commission v. Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia, New South Wales Branch Inc. & Ors [2000] NSWCA 65 Saraswati (1990-91) 172 CLR 1 Bropho v. Western Australia (1991) 171 CLR 1 Jeffery v. DPP (Cth) 1995 79 A. Crim. R. 514 CASES CITED : NSW Crime Commission v. Gardiner [1999] NSWSC 1210 DPP v. Logan Park Investments Pty. Limited & Anor (1995) 37 NSWLR 118 NSW Crime Commission v. Davies [1999] NSWSC 354 DPP (Cth) v. Jeffery (1992) 58 A. Crim. r. 310 DPP v. Chidiac (1991) 25 NSWLR 372 Woodcroft & Ors v. DPP [2000] NSWCA 128 Toro-Martinez (1993) 71 A. Crim. R. 326 DECISION : Registrar's ruling upheld