R v Wall [2002] NSWCCA 42

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v Wall [2002] NSWCCA 42 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60528/01; 60679/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 22/2/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 2 April 2002

PARTIES : Regina Peter Vincent Wall JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Wood CJ at CL at 2; Bell J at 93

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 00/11/0010 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Acting Judge Stewart OFFICER :

COUNSEL : R F Sutherland SC (Crown) J Ireland QC with P J D Hamill SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor (Crown) P Moloney CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Crown appeal against sentence - appeal against conviction out of time - false and misleading statements - Corporations Law - lease with Council - false assertion of compliance with prerequisite allotment of shares. Corporations Act 2001 Corporations Law Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Customs Act 1901 (Cth) Ashbury v Reid (1961) WAR 49 Cobiac v Liddy (1969) 119 CLR 257 Commissioner of Taxation v Baffsky [2001] NSWCCA 332 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321 Everett v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 295 Griffiths v The Queen (1977) 137 CLR 293 He Kaw Teh v The Queen (1985) 157 CLR 523 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Jones v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 439 Kennedy v Sykes (1992) 24 ATR 546 Lowndes v The Queen (1999) 195 CLR 665 Malvaso v The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 227 Pereira v DPP (1988) 63 ALJR 1 The Queen v De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383 R v Allpass (1993) 72 A Crim R 561 R v Baker [2000] NSWCCA 85 Regina v Boag (1994) 73 A Crim R 35 Regina v Brehoi [1999] NSWCCA 113 R v Buckett (1995) 7 A Crim R 302 CASES CITED: R v Giam (1999) 104 A Crim R 416 R v Haddad (1988) 33 A Crim R 400 R v Hannes [2000] NSWCCA 503 R v Holder and Johnston (1983) 3 NSWLR 245 Regina v KCH [2001] NSWCCA 273 Regina v Lawrence [1980] 1 NSWLR 122 Regina v Liberti (1991) 55 A Crim R 120 Regina v Natesan and Subramaniam (1996) 88 A Crim R 444 R v Nifadopoulos (1988) 36 A Crim R 137 R v O'Donahue (1988) 34 A Crim R 397 R v Papazis (1991) 51 A Crim R 242 R v Phelan (1993) 66 A Crim R 446 R v Phil Kim Phieu Lam (1990) 46 A Crim R 402 Regina v Ross NSWCCA 20 April 1994 R v Tait (1979) 46 FLR 386 Regina v Tannous (1987) 10 NSWLR 303 R v Young [1999] NSWCCA 275 Spies v The Queen (2000) HCA 43 Thorneloe v Filipowski [2001] NSWCCA 213 Yorke v Lucas (1985) 158 CLR 661 Wong and Leung v The Queen (2001) 76 ALJR 79 DECISION : Application to extend the time to file an appeal against conviction dismissed; Crown appeal allowed; Orders made by lower Court quashed; Respondent sentenced to community service for 300 hours.