Commissioner of Australian Federal Police v Dickson and Ors [2012] NSWSC 1167

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Commissioner of Australian Federal Police v Dickson and Ors [2012] NSWSC 1167 Hearing dates: 21 June 2012 Decision date: 05 October 2012 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Bellew J Decision: See para [86] Catchwords: CIVIL LAW - proceeds of crime - defendants facing serious criminal charges - orders made requiring defendants to provide statements as to assets and liabilities - application for revocation of orders - exercise of discretion to revoke orders - whether compliance with orders gave rise to a real risk of interference with the administration of justice - risk of interference to be assessed in the context of strict legislative provisions governing proceeds of crime CIVIL LAW - proceeds of crime - defendants facing serious criminal charges - orders made requiring spouses of defendants to provide statements setting out dealings in respect of particular items of property - application for revocation of orders - exercise of discretion to revoke orders - whether spousal privilege available to be claimed - exercise of discretion having regard to the nature and purpose of legislative scheme relating to proceeds of crime Legislation Cited: Criminal Assets Recovery Act 1990 (NSW) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Evidence Act 1995 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth) Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Act 2010 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Act (No. 2) 2010 Cases Cited: Australian Crime Commission v Stoddart (2012) 282 ALR 620 Australian Crime Commission v OK (2010) 185 FCR 258 Environmental Protection Authority v Caltex Refining Co Limited (1992) 178 CLR 477 Hamilton v Oades (1989) 166 CLR 486 Hammond v Commonwealth of Australia (1982) 152 CLR 188 Hoskyn v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [1979] AC 474 Lee v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) (2009) 75 NSWLR 581 Mortimer v Brown [1970] HCA 4; 122 CLR 493 New South Wales Crime Commission v Hung Sun Choi [2012] NSWSC 658 New South Wales Crime Commission v Jason Lee [2012] NSWCA 276 Project Blue Sky Inc. v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 Rees v Kratzmann [1965] HCA 49; 114 CLR 63 Reid v Howard (1995) 184 CLR 1 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police - plaintiff Anthony James Dickson - first defendant Michael John Issakidis - second defendant Dagmar Maxianova - fourth defendant Donrecka Issakidis - ninth defendant Representation: A J Sullivan QC and E Cheeseman - plaintiff M Wigney SC - first and fourth defendants G Bashir - second and ninth defendants