R v Pogson; R v Lapham; R v Martin [2012] NSWCCA 225

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: R v Pogson; R v Lapham; R v Martin [2012] NSWCCA 225 Hearing dates: 6 August 2012 Decision date: 22 October 2012 Before: McClellan CJ at CL at [1] Johnson J at [1] Price J at [152] RA Hulme J at [155] Button J at [156] Decision: Appeals dismissed Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - sentence - Crown appeals - sentences of imprisonment to be served by way of intensive correction order (ICO) - financial crimes - concurring in making false or misleading statement contrary to s.178BB Crimes Act 1900 (all offenders) - knowingly make false or misleading statement in document contrary to s.1308(2) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Pogson only) - false statement in prospectus - deliberate creation of false information - no actual loss by investors - significant potential for loss - importance of protection of investing public - importance of general deterrence for market-related offences - all offenders assessed as suitable for ICO in District Court - whether ICO available to these offenders - statutory scheme for ICOs - statutory limits upon availability of ICOs - meaning of "rehabilitation" - no statutory exclusion of use of ICO in these cases - whether sentences by way of ICO were manifestly inadequate - manifestly inadequate sentence in cases of Pogson and Lapham but not Martin - residual discretion in Crown appeals exercised - Crown appeals dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) Sentencing Amendment (Community Correction Reform) Act 2011 (Vic) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Regulation 2010 Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Regulation 2008 Cases Cited: R v Boughen; R v Cameron [2012] NSWCCA 17 Whelan v R [2012] NSWCCA 147 R v Agius; R v Zerafa [2012] NSWSC 978 R v Mai (1992) 26 NSWLR 371 R v Bateson [2011] NSWSC 643 R v O'Brien [2011] NSWSC 1553 Zreika v R [2012] NSWCCA 44 Stevens v Kabushiki Kaisha Sony Computer Entertainment and Ors [2005] HCA 58; 224 CLR 193 Palling v Corfield [1970] HCA 53; 123 CLR 52 Sillery v The Queen [1981] HCA 34; 180 CLR 353 State of New South Wales v Macquarie Bank Limited (1992) 30 NSWLR 307 Plaintiff M47/2012 v Director General of Security & Ors [2012] HCA 46 Morton v Union Steamship Co of New Zealand Ltd [1951] HCA 42; 83 CLR 402 McKee v Allianz Australia Insurance Limited [2008] NSWCA 163; 71 NSWLR 609 Master Education Services Pty Limited v Ketchell [2008] HCA 38; 236 CLR 101 R v Dalzell [2011] NSWSC 454; 83 ACSR 407 R v Hallocoglu (1992) 29 NSWLR 67 R v Lanteri [2006] VSC 225 Director of Public Prosecutions v Nikolic [2008] VSCA 226 Director of Public Prosecutions v Karazisis [2010] VSCA 350; 206 A Crim R 14 Veen v The Queen (No. 2) [1988] HCA 14; 164 CLR 465 Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39; 244 CLR 120 Vartzokas v Zanker (1989) 51 SASR 277 Pantazis v R [2012] VSCA 160 R v Hartman [2010] NSWSC 1422; 81 ACSR 121 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen [2011] HCA 49; 244 CLR 462 R v JW [2010] NSWCCA 49; 77 NSWLR 7 R v Deng [2007] NSWCCA 216; 176 A Crim R 1 Texts Cited: Pearce and Geddes, "Statutory Interpretation in Australia", 7th edn, 2011 RG Fox and A Freiberg, "Sentencing: State and Federal Law in Victoria", 2nd edn, 1999, Oxford University Press K Warner, "Sentencing in Tasmania", 2nd edn, 2002, Federation Press New South Wales Sentencing Council, "Review of Periodic Detention", December 2007 RA Duff, "Punishment, Communication and Community", 2001, Oxford University Press McClellan CJ at CL, "White Collar Crime: perpetrators and penalties", Keynote address, Fraud and Corruption in Government Seminar, University of New South Wales, 24 November 2011 Judicial Commission of New South Wales, "Sentencing Bench Book" Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina (Appellant) Samuel Jonathan Pogson, Murray John Lapham and Steven John Martin (Respondents) Representation: Counsel: Mr CB Craigie SC; Mr LK Crowley (Appellant) Mr RF Sutherland SC; Ms S Talbert (Respondents Pogson and Lapham) Mr RP Greenhill SC (Respondent Martin) Solicitors: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Appellant) Flick Legal Pty Limited (Respondents Pogson and Lapham) Hunt & Hunt (Respondent Martin) File Number(s): 2010/83831, 2010/83853 (Pogson); 2010/83876 (Lapham); 2010/83879 (Martin) Publication restriction: --- Decision under appeal Citation: --- Date of Decision: 2012-03-07 00:00:00 Before: Garling DCJ File Number(s): 2010/83831, 2010/83853 (Pogson); 2010/83876 (Lapham); 2010/83879 (Martin)