WILLS v PETROULIAS [2003] NSWCA 390

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : WILLS v PETROULIAS [2003] NSWCA 390 HEARING DATE(S) : 16 December 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 December 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Handley JA at 74; Santow JA at 75 DECISION : Application granted. Orders of 3 October 2003 vacated and substituted.

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Defrauding the Commonwealth - Element of loss - Whether evidence thereof - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Appeal from committal - Where evidence presented in summary form - Exercise of discretion on appeal - Whether charge should be settled by magistrate Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) s 29D LEGISLATION CITED : Justices Act 1902 ss 41, 41A, 104, 109, 110 Supreme Court Act 1970 s 76 Essenbourne Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [2002] FCA 1577 Kolalich v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (1991) 173 CLR 222 Petroulias v Wills [2002] NSWSC 1190 CASES CITED : Petroulias v Wills [2003] NSWSC 106 R v Taylor (1997) 6 Tas R 310 The Queen v Kastratovic (1986) 42 SASR 59 Walstern v Commissioner of Taxation [2003] FCA 1428 Wills v Petroulias [2003] NSWCA 286 Nikytas Nicholas Petroulias PARTIES : (Applicant/Opponent) Gary Andrew Wills (Respondent/Claimant) FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40219/03 COUNSEL : N Clelland SC (Applicant/Opponent) P Hastings QC (Respondent/Claimant) SOLICITORS : Coadys (Applicant/Opponent) Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent/Claimant)