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Case information
Lower Court Judgment
16/04/2013 Supreme Court of Queensland (Court of Appeal)(Holmes JA, White JA & Daubney J)
Catchwords
Criminal law - Confiscation of proceeds of crime - Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002 (Qld) ("Act"), Part VI - Police seized sum of money over which appellant claimed ownership - Police applied for forfeiture order and appellant applied for exclusion order - Whether prosecuting authority succeeds in circumstances where possessor of property cannot prove title of those who previously possessed item - Whether common law applies in determination of title under Act.
Documents
16/05/2014 Hearing (SLA, Canberra v/link to Brisbane)
29/05/2014 Notice of appeal
20/06/2014 Written submissions (Appellant)
20/06/2014 Chronology (Appellant)
11/07/2014 Written submissions (Respondent)
24/07/2014 Reply
16/10/2014 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
16/12/2014 Judgment (Judgment summary)