Dickson v Commissioner, Australian Federal Police

[2020] NSWCA 125

NSW Court of Appeal

View on CaseLaw

Built by Barristers,
For Australian Law.

See how it works

Interrogate

Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Summary dismissal
3. › Fraud or abuse of process in obtaining restraining order
4. › Property suspected of being proceeds of crime
5. › Subsequent forfeiture as result of convictions
6. › Whether proceedings to set aside restraining orders had sufficient merit to survive summary dismissal
7. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 13.4(1)
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Judgments and orders
3. › Setting aside entered orders
4. › Fraud, misrepresentation or suppression of material facts
5. › Requirements for setting aside judgment on basis of actual fraud
6. › Whether omissions and prosecuting case on false premise sufficient to constitute actual fraud
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Leave to commence proceedings
3. › Plaintiff in custody serving sentence for Commonwealth offences
4. › Whether convicted of a 'serious indictable offence' within Felons (Civil Proceedings) Act 1981 (NSW), s 4
5. › Application to federal indictable offences
6. › Whether State law creating status-based incapacity picked up in federal jurisdiction
7. › Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), ss 79, 80
8. › Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), s 21
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Leave to appeal
3. › Interlocutory orders
4. › Whether arguable error demonstrated
5. › Whether miscarriage of justice shown
6. › Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 101

Quick Take

Practitioners acting for persons convicted of federal offences who wish to commence civil proceedings in NSW should be aware that the applicability of the Felons (Civil Proceedings) Act 1981 (NSW) to federal offenders remains unresolved, with the Court of Appeal suggesting it may not apply.