STUDMAN v COMMONWEALTH DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS [2007] NSWCA 285

Reported Decision: 177 A Crim R 34

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: STUDMAN v COMMONWEALTH DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS [2007] NSWCA 285

HEARING DATE(S): 23 August 2007

JUDGMENT DATE: 17 October 2007

JUDGMENT OF: Spigelman CJ at 1; McClellan CJ at CL at 2; Handley AJA at 56

DECISION: 1. Leave to appeal revoked; 2. Appellant to pay the respondent's costs.

CATCHWORDS: Proceeds of crime – stealing Commonwealth property and defrauding the Commonwealth – appeal against dismissal of notice of motion – motion to transfer balance of property to defendant – appeal out of time– forfeiture of property – whether appeal futile – whether error in holding property was not proceeds of unlawful activity – whether property ought to be excluded from forfeiture

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Confiscation of Profits) Act 1985 (NSW) Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 (Cth) Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW)

Diez v DPP (Cth) (2004) 62 NSWLR 1 DPP (Cth) v Jeffrey (1992) 58 A Crim R 310 DPP v Saxon (1992) 28 NSWLR 263 Hadad (1989) 16 NSWLR 476 CASES CITED: Jeffrey v DPP (Cth) (1995) 79 A Crim R 514 King v DPP (2000) 114 A Crim R 14 Rintel (1991) 52 A Crim R 209 Saffron v DPP (Cth) (1989) 87 ALR 151 Taylor v Attorney-General (SA) (1991) 53 A Crim R 166 Woodcroft & Ors v Director of Public Prosecutions & Anor (2000) 174 ALR 60

PARTIES: Michael Simon Studman (Appl) Commonwealth DPP (Resp)