NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2002) 40 ACSR 593
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION : R v MANASSEH and AUSTIN [2002] NSWCCA 27 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60149/01; 60436/01; 60437/01; 60450/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 14 September 2001 5 December 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 February 2002
Maurice Showa Manasseh - First Appellant PARTIES : Leslie Raymond Austin - Second Appellant Crown - Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Simpson J at 80; Howie J at 81
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 070038/00; 07204/00 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Bell J OFFICER :
DJ Hammerschlag SC/AF Fernon - First Appellant COUNSEL : DG Dalton - Second Appellant P Roberts SC/PR McGuire - Crown Landerer & Company - First Appellant SOLICITORS : Legal Aid Commission - Second Appellant Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions - Respondent CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS LAW - false or misleading appearance of active trading in shares - Corporations Law, s998 - 'relevant transaction' - 'interest' - 'beneficial ownership' - burden of proof - appeal upheld, convictions quashed Corporations Law Trade Practices Act 1974 Securities Industry Act 1970 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 Companies (Western Australia) Code Securities Industry Code Queensland Criminal Code Trade Practices Commission v Australian Iron and Steel Pty Ltd (1990) ATPR 41-001 North v Marra Developments Ltd (1981) 148 CLR 42 Fame Decorator Agencies Pty Ltd v Jeffries Industries Ltd (1998) 28 ACSR 58 Cargill Inc v Hardin 452 F 2d 1154 (1971) Freeman v Laventhol & Horwath 915 F 2d 193 (1990) Donald v Australian Securities & Investment Commission [2000] FCA 1142 (20 October 2000) CASES CITED: Stanley Yeung Kai Yung v Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation [1981] AC 787 Lee v Lee's Air Farming Ltd [1961] AC 12 Hamilton v Whitehead (1988) 166 CLR 121 Mallan v Lee (1949) 80 CLR 198 Tesco Supermarkets Ltd v Nattrass [1972] AC 153 Cathels v Commissioner of Stamp Duties (1959) 62 SR (NSW) 455 Gartside v Inland Revenue Commissioners [1968] AC 553 KBT v The Queen (1997) 191 CLR 417 DECISION : 1. Appeals allowed; 2. Crown appeals dismissed; 3. Verdict against each appellant quashed; 4. Direct that a judgment and verdict of acquittal be entered in favour of each appellant
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