Island Maritime Limited v Barbara Filipowski Sachin Kulkarni v Barbara Filipowski [2004] NSWCCA 453

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Island Maritime Limited v Barbara Filipowski Sachin Kulkarni v Barbara Filipowski [2004] NSWCCA 453 HEARING DATE(S) : 24 November 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 21 December 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Sully J at 1; Dunford J at 2; Hidden J at 50 DECISION : Leave to appeal granted, appeals dismissed

CATCHWORDS : Criminal Law and Procedure - abuse of process - double jeopardy - successive charges arising out of same facts - elements of offences not identical - delay Criminal Appeal Act 1912 LEGISLATION CITED : Marine Pollution Act 1987 Marine Legislation Amendment (Marine Pollution) Act 2002, No 75 Adler v The Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2004] NSWCCA 352 Broome v Chenoweth (1946) 73 CLR 583 Connolly v The Director of Public Prosecutions [1964] AC 1254 Filipowski v Island Maritime Ltd & Anor [2003] NSWLEC 59 Filipowski v Island Maritime Ltd & Anor [2004] NSWLEC 366 Garnett v The Queen (1977) 139 CLR 437 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 CASES CITED : Jago v The District Court of New South Wales (1989) 168 CLR 23 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 R v Carroll (2002) 213 CLR 635 R v Dabhade [1993] QB 329 R v G [2001] 2 Cr App R 615 State Pollution Control Commission v Tallow Products Pty Limited (1992) 29 NSWLR 517 The Queen v Carroll (2002) 213 CLR 635 The Queen v Storey (1978) 140 CLR 364 Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378 PARTIES : Island Maritime Limited v Barbara Filipowski Sachin Kulkarni v Barbara Filipowski FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 1841/2004; 1845/2004 COUNSEL : P Byrne SC/ G J Grogin - Applicants A J Meagher SC/ A L Hill - Respondent SOLICITORS : Ebsworth & Ebswroth - Applicants Dibbs Barker Gosling - Respondent