FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

 

Director of Public Prosecutions (ACT) v Eastman  [2002] FCAFC 209

 

 



 


 


DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (ACT) v DAVID HAROLD EASTMAN & ORS

 

A 26 of 2002

 

 

WHITLAM, MADGWICK and GYLES JJ

3 JULY 2002

SYDNEY (HEARD AT CANBERRA)




IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

 

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

DISTRICT REGISTRY

A 26 of 2002

 

ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF

THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

 

BETWEEN:

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

APPELLANT

 

AND:

DAVID HAROLD EASTMAN

FIRST RESPONDENT

 

IAN PIKE

SECOND RESPONDENT

 

ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

THIRD RESPONDENT

 

THE HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

FOURTH RESPONDENT

JUDGES:

WHITLAM, MADGWICK and GYLES JJ

DATE OF ORDER:

3 JULY 2002

WHERE MADE:

SYDNEY (HEARD AT CANBERRA)

 

CORRIGENDUM


The following citations should be included in the Catchwords page of the judgment.

 

CIC Insurance Ltd v Bankstown Football Club Ltd (1997) 141 ALR 618, followed

Mills v Meeking (1990) 91 ALR 16, referred to

Eastman v The Queen (2000) 203 CLR 1, referred to

R v Presser [1958] VR 45, referred to

Azzopardi v The Queen [2001] HCA 25, referred to

PMT Partners(in liq) v Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service (1995) 184 CLR 301,

 applied

Knight v FP Special Assets Ltd (1992) 174 CLR 178, considered

Ex parte Professional Engineers’ Association (1950) 107 CLR 208, referred to


Judge GD Woods QC “A History of Criminal Law in New South Wales” (in publication)


Associate:        

Date:                            6 August 2002