Office of State Revenue v El Kazzi (No. 1) [2013] NSWLC 18

Local Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Office of State Revenue v El Kazzi (No. 1) [2013] NSWLC 18 Hearing dates: 13-14/02/2013 Decision date: 12 August 2013 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Favretto LCM Decision: Application for stay of proceedings dismissed Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - practice and procedure - application for stay of proceedings - double jeopardy principles - whether proceedings an abuse of process - applicant already subjected to pecuniary penalty Legislation Cited: Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 (Cth) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Crimes Act 1900 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Duties Act 1997 First Home Owners Grant Act 2000 Judiciary Act 1901 (Cth) Oaths Act 1900 Social Security Act 1947 (Cth Social Services Act 1947 (Cth)) Taxation Administration Act 1996 Unemployment and Sickness Benefits Act 1944 (Cth) Cases Cited: Application by the Attorney General under Section 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act (Guideline Judgment on High Range Prescribed Concentration of Alcohol Offences) [2004] NSWCCA 303 Australian Oil Refining Pty Ltd v Cooper (1987) 11 NSWLR 277 Batistatos v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales [2006] HCA 27; (2006) 225 CLR 256 Calcaro v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2004] NSWADT 158 Chief Executive Officer of Customs v Labrador Liquor Wholesale Pty Ltd [2003] HCA 49; 216 CLR 161 Christodoulou v R [2008] NSWCCA 102 Davis v Taylor (1996) 148 ALR 245 Director of Public Prosecutions v Shirvanian (1998) 44 NSWLR 129 Director-General of the Department of Land and Water Conservation v Greentree & Anor [2003] NSWCCA 31 Elias v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2012] NSWCA 302 Elias v The Queen; Issa v The Queen [2013] HCA 31 Goodwin v Phillips (1908) 7 CLR 1 Hagipantelis v Legal Services Commissioner [2010] NSWCA 79 Hunter v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police (1992) AC 529 Island Marine Limited v Filipowski [2006] HCA 30 Jack Brabham Holdings Pty Ltd v Button (1998) 94 FLR 278 Jago v District Court of New South Wales [1989] HCA 46; (1989) 168 CLR 23 Joud & Ors v The Queen [2011] VSCA 158 Lee, Do Young v Regina; Lee, Seong Won v Regina [2013] NSWCCA 68 Maxwell v The Queen (1996) 184 CLR 501 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v Nystrom [2006] HCA 50 Nahlous v R [2010] NSWCCA 58 Pearce v R (1998) 194 CLR 610 Pelechowski v The Registrar; Court of Appeal [1999] HCA 19 Philpot v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue (RD) [2008] NSWADT 176 R v Adler [2004] NSWSC 108 R v Allpass (1993) 72 A Crim R 561 R v Carroll [2002] HCA 55; 213 CLR 635 R v Connell [2013] NSWCCA 155 R v Chalak [1983] NSWLR 282 R v Daetz (2003) 139 A Crim R 398 R v Einfeld [2009] NSWSC 119 R v Seller; R v McCarthy [2013] NSWCCA 42 Redfern v R [2012] NSWCCA 178 Rich v Australian Securities and investments Commission [2004] HCA 42; 220 CLR 129 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251 Saraswati v R (1999) 172 CLR 1 South Australia v Totani [2010] HCA 39; (2010) 242 CLR 1 The Queen v Glennon [1992] HCA 16; (1992) 173 CLR 592 Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Office of State Revenue (prosecution/ respondent) Grace El Kazzi (accused/ applicant) Representation: P Wass SC for the OSR B Thomson of the NSW Crown Solicitor's Office for the OSR D Miralis of Gibson Nyman Stewart for the accused File Number(s): 2012/205920 Publication restriction: Nil