Unlimited Business Consultants (Qld) Pty Ltd ACN 098 523 490 v; Commissioner, Australian Federal Police

[2003] FCA 707

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Unlimited Business Consultants (Qld) Pty Ltd ACN 098 523 490 v
Commissioner, Australian Federal Police [2003] FCA 707

UNLIMITED BUSINESS CONSULTANTS (QLD) PTY LTD ACN 098 523 490, FLYING FIGHTERS PTY LTD ACN 067 895 005, FLYING FIGHTERS MAINTENANCE & RESTORATION PTY LTD ACN 087 084 197 and FLYING FIGHTER ADVENTURES PTY LTD ACN 065 734 198,  AVIATION WELDING AUSTRALIA PTY LTD ACN 010 374 428 AND GEOFF KLOOGER AND ASSOCIATES v THE COMMISSIONER, AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE, R. QUINLAN, MICHAEL CHARLES PETTY, KIM JANELLE DWYER, MICHELLE GEAR AND MICHAEL JOHN HAWTHORNE

Q 73 OF 2003

DOWSETT J
17 JUNE 2003
BRISBANE

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY	Q 73 OF 2003

BETWEEN:

UNLIMITED BUSINESS CONSULTANTS (QLD) PTY LTD ACN 098 523 490
FIRST APPLICANT

FLYING FIGHTERS PTY LTD ACN 067 895 005, FLYING FIGHTERS MAINTENANCE & RESTORATION PTY LTD ACN 087 084 197 and FLYING FIGHTER ADVENTURES PTY LTD ACN 065 734 198
SECOND APPLICANTS

AVIATION WELDING AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
ACN 010 374 428
THIRD APPLICANT

GEOFF KLOOGER AND ASSOCIATES
FOURTH APPLICANT

AND:

THE COMMISSIONER, AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
FIRST RESPONDENT

R. QUINLAN
SECOND RESPONDENT

MICHAEL CHARLES PETTY
THIRD RESPONDENT

KIM JANELLE DWYER
FOURTH RESPONDENT

MICHELLE GEAR
FIFTH RESPONDENT

MICHAEL JOHN HAWTHORNE
SIXTH RESPONDENT

JUDGE:

DOWSETT J

DATE OF ORDER:

17 JUNE 2003

WHERE MADE:

BRISBANE

THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

1.        The application for leave to appeal be refused.

2.        The applicants pay the respondents’ costs of these proceedings.

Note:   Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY	Q 73 OF 2003

BETWEEN:

UNLIMITED BUSINESS CONSULTANTS (QLD) PTY LTD ACN 098 523 490
FIRST APPLICANT

FLYING FIGHTERS PTY LTD ACN 067 895 005, FLYING FIGHTERS MAINTENANCE & RESTORATION PTY LTD ACN 087 084 197 and FLYING FIGHTER ADVENTURES PTY LTD ACN 065 734 198
SECOND APPLICANTS

AVIATION WELDING AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
ACN 010 374 428
THIRD APPLICANT

GEOFF KLOOGER AND ASSOCIATES
FOURTH APPLICANT

AND:

THE COMMISSIONER, AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
FIRST RESPONDENT

R. QUINLAN
SECOND RESPONDENT

MICHAEL CHARLES PETTY
THIRD RESPONDENT

KIM JANELLE DWYER
FOURTH RESPONDENT

MICHELLE GEAR
FIFTH RESPONDENT

MICHAEL JOHN HAWTHORNE
SIXTH RESPONDENT

JUDGE:	DOWSETT J
DATE:	17 JUNE 2003
PLACE:	BRISBANE

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

1. The proper construction of s 227 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth) is a matter of some importance, however I doubt whether this is an appropriate vehicle for testing it. The application is for interlocutory relief, and the applicants have failed primarily because of their inability to demonstrate any substantial detriment. In those circumstances, I consider that there would be virtually no prospects of success on an appeal from my refusal of interlocutory relief. I will therefore refuse leave.

2. I order the applicants to pay the respondents’ costs of these proceedings. 

I certify that the preceding two (2) numbered paragraphs are a true copy of the Reasons for Judgment herein of the Honourable Justice Dowsett.

Associate:

Dated:            23 July 2003

Counsel for the First, Second, Third and Fourth Applicants:	W Sofronof QC and L Bowden
Solicitor for the First, Second, Third and Fourth Applicants:	Hawthorn Cuppaidge & Badgery
Counsel for the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Respondents:	M Griffin SC
Solicitor for the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Respondents:	Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
Counsel for the Second Respondent:	The Second Respondent did not appear.
Date of Hearing:	17 June 2003
Date of Judgment:	17 June 2003