Dickson v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police [2019] NSWSC 1293

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Dickson v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police [2019] NSWSC 1293 Hearing dates: 17 May 2019 Date of orders: 26 September 2019 Decision date: 26 September 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Wright J Decision: (1) The plaintiff's application for leave to institute the proceedings under s 4 of the Felons (Civil Proceedings) Act 1981 (NSW) is refused. (2) To the extent necessary, the proceedings are dismissed under r 13.4(1) of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW). (3) The plaintiff's notice of motion filed on 28 January 2019 is dismissed. (4) The plaintiff is to pay the defendant's costs of the proceedings, as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – application for summary dismissal – no reasonable cause of action Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Federal Court Act 1976 (Cth) Felons (Civil Proceedings) Act 1981 (NSW) Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: AD v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (2018) 97 NSWLR 588; [2018] NSWCA 89 Anthony James Dickson v The Queen [2016] HCATrans 307 Cabassi v Vila (1940) 64 CLR 130; [1940] HCA 41 Cameron v Cole (1944) 68 CLR 571; [1944] HCA 5 Clone Pty Ltd v Players Pty Ltd (in liq) [2018] HCA 12; 92 ALJR 399 Commissioner of Australian Federal Police v Thirteen Defendants (NSW Supreme Court, 26 April 2012, unrep) Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Dickson (No.3) [2016] NSWSC 564 Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Zhao (2015) 255 CLR 46; [2015] HCA 5 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62; [1949] HCA 1 Dickson v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police [2018] HCASL 5 Dickson v R [2016] NSWCCA 105 Dickson v R (No 2) [2018] NSWCCA 183 Dickson v R (No 3) [2018] NSWCCA 242 Dickson v The Queen [2019] HCASL 187 D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid (2005) 223 CLR 1; [2005] HCA 12 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Johnson v Gore Wood & Co [2002] 2 AC 1 Jol v State of New South Wales (1998) 45 NSWLR 283 Ke Qin Ren v Hong Jiang [2014] NSWCA 388 Krakowski v Eurolynx Properties Ltd (1995) 183 CLR 563; [1995] HCA 68 O'Brien v Bank of Western Australia Ltd [2013] NSWCA 71 Patch v Ward (1867) 3 LR Ch App 203 Patsalis v State of New South Wales (2012) 81 NSWLR 742; [2012] NSWCA 307 R v Anthony James Dickson (No 18) [2015] NSWSC 268 Rippon v Chilcotin (2001) 53 NSWLR 198 Spencer v Commonwealth of Australia (2010) 241 CLR 118; [2010] HCA 28 State of NSW v Kable (2013) 252 CLR 118; [2013] HCA 26 SW v State of New South Wales [2010] NSWSC 966 The Ampthill Peerage [1977] AC 547 The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Dickson & Ors [2013] NSWSC 560 The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Q (NSWSC 11 April 2012, unrep) Thomas A Edison Limited v Bullock (1912) 15 CLR 679; [1912] HCA 72 Tomlinson v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 507; [2015] HCA 28 UBS AG v Tyne [2018] HCA 45 Wentworth v Rogers (No 5) (1986) 6 NSWLR 534 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Anthony James Dickson (Plaintiff ) Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (Defendant) Representation: In person (Plaintiff) Counsel: Mr A Moses SC and Mr Anderson (Defendant)