Milne v. The Queen
Case No.
S278/2013; S279/2013
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
2/03/2012 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Criminal Appeal) (Whealy JA, Latham and Harrison JJ)
Catchwords
Criminal law – Criminal Code (Cth) (“the Code”) – Construction – Appellant dealt with shares through offshore entity to avoid Capital Gains Tax – Appellant convicted of money laundering contrary to s 400.3(1) and defrauding the Commonwealth contrary to s 135.1 of the Code – Section 400.3(1) required that appellant have intention that shares would be used in commission of offence under s 135.1(1) – Shares disposed of before offence committed – Whether shares are an instrument of crime for purpose of the Code.
Documents
08/11/2013 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)
22/11/2013 Notice of appeal
11/12/2013 Written submissions (Appellant)
11/12/2013 Chronology (Appellant)
06/01/2014 Written submissions (Respondent)
20/01/2014 Reply
06/02/2014 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
14/02/2014 Judgment (Judgment summary)