R v Dickson; R v Issakidis (No 9) [2014] NSWSC 1460

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Dickson; R v Issakidis (No 9) [2014] NSWSC 1460 Hearing dates: 22 October 2014 Date of orders: 22 October 2014 Decision date: 22 October 2014 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: No case submission in respect of Counts 1 and 6 from both accused dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – no case to answer submission – conspiracy to defraud Commonwealth – s 135.4(5) of the Criminal Code – circumstantial case – approach alleged agreement to lodge tax returns – making false depreciation claims – application rejected. Legislation Cited: Criminal Code Act (Cth), s 11.5, s 135.4, s 400.3 Cases Cited: - Ahern v R [1988] HCA 39; 165 CLR 87 - Case Stated by Director of Public Prosecution (No 2 of 1993) (1993) 70 A Crim R 323 - Darby v R [1982] HCA 32; 148 CLR 668 - Doney v Queen [1990] HCA 51; 171 CLR 207 - R v Chai (1992) 27 NSWLR 153 - R v Dickson, R v Issakidis (No 1) [2014] NSWSC 1068 - R v Masters (1992) 26 NSWLR 450 - R v JMR (1991) 57 A Crim R 39 - R v PL [2012] NSWCCA 31 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Crown (Commonwealth Prosecutor) Anthony James Dickson (Accused (12/140639)) Michael John Issakidis (Accused (12/128506)) Representation: Counsel: M. McHugh SC, S. Flood, A.P.C. McGrath (Crown) B. Gross QC, C.G. Catt (Dickson) M.J. Byrne QC (Issakidis)