Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Lordianto [2017] NSWSC 1196

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Lordianto [2017] NSWSC 1196 Hearing dates: 8 May 2017; 9 May 2017; 12 May 2017 (submissions); 16 May 2017; 25 May 2017 (submissions) Decision date: 07 September 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Simpson J Decision: (1) Application for exclusion orders is dismissed.

(2) The applicants are to pay the Commissioner's costs. Catchwords: CRIME – proceeds of crime – Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth) – application to exclude property from restraining orders under s 330(4)(a) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth) – when property which is a chose in action is "acquired" – meaning of "third party" – whether applicants had knowledge of criminality by way of "wilful blindness" Legislation Cited: Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Finance Act 2006 (Cth), ss 5, 6, 43, 142 Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (Cth), s 69C Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 79 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth), ss 19, 29, 30, 49, 77, 78, 180, 317, 329, 330, 336, 338 Proceeds of Crime Bill 2002 (Cth) Cases Cited: Citigroup Pty Ltd v National Australia Bank Ltd (2012) 82 NSWLR 391; [2012] NSWCA 381 Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Fernandez [2017] NSWSC 1197 Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Fitzroy All Pty Ltd (2015) 299 FLR 439; [2015] WASC 320 Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Kalimuthu (No 3) [2017] WASC 108 Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Minh Duc Pham [2015] NSWSC 1383 Croton v The Queen (1967) 117 CLR 326; [1967] HCA 48 Milne v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 149; [2014] HCA 4 N Joachimson (A Firm Name) v Swiss Bank Corporation [1921] 3 KB 110 Pereira v The Queen (1988) 35 A Crim R 382 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1988) 194 CLR 355; [1998] HCA 28 R v Crabbe (1985) 156 CLR 464; [1985] HCA 22 Russell v Scott (1936) 55 CLR 440, at 450; [1936] HCA 34 Studman v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) (2007) 177 A Crim R 34; [2007] NSWCA 285 Sutherland Re; French Caledonia Travel Service Pty Ltd (In liq) (2003) 59 NSWLR 361; [2003] NSWSC 1008 Texts Cited: Professor Glanville Williams' Criminal Law: The General Part (2nd ed 1961, Stevens & Sons) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (Plaintiff) Sanko Lordianto (First Applicant) Indriana Koernia (Second Applicant) Representation: Counsel: E A Cheeseman SC/L T Livingston (Plaintiff) T P Mitchell (Applicants)