ADLER v DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS [2004] NSWCCA 352

Reported Decision : 51 ACSR 1 149 A Crim R 378

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : ADLER v DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS [2004] NSWCCA 352 revised - 04/11/2004 HEARING DATE(S) : 23 August 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 October 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Grove J at 55; Barr J at 56 DECISION : Leave to appeal granted. Appeal dismissed.

CATCHWORDS : Application for permanent stay of criminal proceedings - Corporations Act 2001 - prior civil penalty proceedings - whether abuse of process - whether double jeopardy - scope and validity of s1317P. LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ss1311, s1317P and 1400 Evidence Act 1995, s140(2) Adler & Anor v ASIC [2003] NSWCA 131, 46 ACSR 504 Adler v ASIC, 28 May 2004, [2004] HCATrans 182 ASIC v Adler & Ors [2002] NSWSC 171, 41 ACSR 72 ASIC v Adler [2002] NSWSC 268, 189 ALR 365 ASIC v Adler [2002] NSWSC 483, 42 ACSR 80 CASES CITED : Chief Executive Officer of Customs v Labrador Liquor Wholesale Pty Ltd & Ors [2003] HCA 49, 77 ALJR 1629 Grills v The Queen, PJE v The Queen (1996) 70 ALJR 905 Multicon Engineering Pty Ltd v Federal Airports Corporation (1997) 47 NSWLR 631 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 Rich v ASIC [2004] HCA 42 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251 The Queen v Carroll (2002) 213 CLR 635 PARTIES : Stephen Rodney ADLER v DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 2004/1927 COUNSEL : Appellant: J K Sher / N Perram Crown: D Fagan SC/ M Wigney SOLICITORS : Appellant: Gilbert & Tobin Crown: Director of Public Prosecutions