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Henderson v. State of Queensland

Case No. B22/2014
Case information

Lower Court Judgment

16/04/2013 Supreme Court of Queensland (Court of Appeal)(Holmes JA, White JA & Daubney J)

[2013] QCA 82

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.

Short particulars

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)