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New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : CEO of Customs v Camile Trading & Ors [2001] NSWSC 1075 CURRENT JURISDICTION: 20859/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20859/97 HEARING DATE(S) : 19 October 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 November 2001
Chief Executive Officer of Customs (Plaintiff) Camile Trading Pty Limited (1st Defendant) PARTIES : Leslie Ronald Fletcher (2nd Defendant) Evenfont Pty Limited (3rd Defendant) Robert Leonard Pullinger (4th Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Studdert J
LOWER COURT Supreme Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Master Harrison JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : P. Roberts SC/R. Wilson (Plaintiff) D. Hammerschlag SC (3rd and 4th Defendants) SOLICITORS : Australian Government Solicitor (Plaintiff) Horowitz & Bilinsky Solicitors (3rd and 4th Defendants) CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - sufficiency of statement of claim - application for summary judgment and application to strike out statement of claim - Supreme Court Rules Pt 13 r 5 and Pt 15 rr 7 and 26. EXCISE PROSECUTION for recovery of "fine" - offences against Excise Act 1901 - whether civil proceedings maintainable - Pt XI Excise Act. AIDING AND ABETTING - offences alleged against the Excise Act - prosecution in civil proceedings - whether s 5 of the Commonwealth Crimes Act applies. Excise Act Supreme Court Rules Criminal Appeal Act Customs Act LEGISLATION CITED : Commonwealth Crimes Act Inome Tax Assessment Act Companies (Western Australia) Code Companies Code Interpretations Code Federal Court Rules Dey v Victorian Railway Commisioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc. v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 Webster & Anor v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 Air Services Australia v Zarb (unreported, NSWCA, 26 August 1998) Controller General of Customs v D'Aquino Bros Pty Limited (1996) 135 ALR 649 Controller General of Customs v Kingswood Distllery Pty Limited (unreported, Sully J, 5 August 1996) CASES CITED : Mallan v Lee (1949) 80 CLR 198 Hamilton v Whitehead (1988-1989) 166 CLR 121 Johns v The Queen (1980) 143 CLR 108 Giorgianni v The Queen (1985) 156 CLR 473 Sammy Russo Meat Supplies Pty Limited v Australian Safeway Stores (unreported, Goldberg J, 3 September 1998) Chan Cuong Su v Direct Flights International Pty Limited (1999) ATPR 41-677 Pioneer Electronics Australia Pty Limited v Edge Technology Pty Limited (1999) FCA 142 DECISION : See para 78
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