R v Thompson; R v Farrugia [2019] NSWDC 219

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Thompson; R v Farrugia [2019] NSWDC 219 Hearing dates: 3 June 2109 Date of orders: 03 June 2019 Decision date: 03 June 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Smith SC, DCJ Decision: The Crown is directed to answer the question in respect of Count 1 in the indictment Catchwords: CONSPIRACY – whether latent duplicity in indictment – power of Court where duplicity found Legislation Cited: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Criminal Code Cases Cited: B v R [2008] NSWCCA 85 Director of Public Prosecutions v Merriman [1973] AC 584 Gerakiteys v R (1984) 153 CLR 317 Johnson v Miller (1937) 59 CLR 467 R v Bolus [2003] NSWSC 658 R v Mitchell [1971] VR 46 Saffron (No.1) (1988) 36 ACrimR 262 Stanton v Abernathy (1990) 19 NSWLR 656 Walsh v Tattersall (1996) 188 CLR 77 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina (Crown) Ian Athol Thompson – Defendant Joseph Carmec Farrugia - Defendant Representation: Counsel: Crown: Mr L Fernandez with Mr C McGorey Ian Athol Thompson: Mr P Boulten SC with Mr A O'Brien Joseph Carmec Farrugia: Mr P Strickland SC with Mr S Wells

Solicitors: Crown: Commonwealth Department Public Prosecution Ian Athol Thompson: Clayton Utz Joseph Carmec Farrugia: McPherson Kelly File Number(s): 2017/305308 – Ian Athol Thompson; 2017/305247 – Joseph Carmec Farrugia Publication restriction: Nil.