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Edward Greaves

Perth Barrister

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Using frozen money to pay defence legal fees

24 June 2018 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

It is well established that property frozen under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act is able to be released to fund legal or living expenses. However, WA DPP practice over the last 10 years has been to deny requests to release funds frozen under the CPCA crime-used or crime-derived grounds. I successfully argued in the District Court that property frozen on these grounds could still be released for such expenses. Read more

Filed Under: Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000

National Cooperative Scheme on Unexplained Wealth

24 June 2018 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

The Unexplained Wealth Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 proposes a ‘National Cooperative Scheme on Unexplained Wealth’. In this article I address the utility of this scheme and raise some issues with its proposed operation. Read more

Filed Under: Confiscations & Proceeds of Crime, Proceeds of Crime Act

Literary Proceeds: Will Schapelle Corby lose another interview fee to Proceeds of Crime laws?

6 March 2018 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

Convicted drug trafficker and personality Schapelle Corby has given an interview to Australian magazine Women’s Day. This interview, purportedly about her future and not her past offence, is due to be published March 2018. But can the interview fee still be confiscated as Literary Proceeds under Proceeds of Crime laws? Read more

Filed Under: Proceeds of Crime Act

Criminal Property Confiscation Act WA: Jurisdictional limits

5 January 2018 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

How should the value of frozen property be calculated for purposes of the jurisdictional limits of the Magistrates’ Court (and by extension, the District Court)? The correct calculation has been held to be based on the total value of the frozen property; contrary to previous practice. Read more

Filed Under: Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000

Proceeds of Crime compulsory examinations

5 January 2018 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

The South Australia District Court recently published an interesting (and lengthy) decision considering the interaction of compulsory examinations under s 180 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth) with the accusatorial criminal process: R v Ruzehaji (No 2) [2017] SADC 119. Read more

Filed Under: Proceeds of Crime Act

Recovering costs when Police drop a charge

22 November 2017 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

Can you recover legal costs against the police? The situation in Western Australia and the options for the accused when police drop a charge before trial. Read more

Filed Under: Crime

AUSTRAC v Commonwealth Bank of Australia

24 September 2017 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

In 2015 the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) assessed the effectiveness of Australia’s Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing regime. The April 2015 report suggested more enforcement action. This may have prompted AUSTRAC’s investigation into the Commonwealth Bank. Read more

Filed Under: AML/CTF

Unexplained Wealth: CCC powers under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act (WA)

27 August 2017 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

The WA government has introduced legislation amending the Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000 (WA) to give the CCC power to investigate and litigate Unexplained Wealth matters. This has potentially significant consequences. I consider those effects. Read more

Filed Under: Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000

Secure encrypted communications between lawyers and clients

24 July 2017 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

I explain the reasons why it may be appropriate to consider using a secure, encrypted service for communications between lawyer and client. I consider various apps including Wickr, BlackBerry BBM, Signal, WhatsApp across multiple platforms. Read more

Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: communications, encryption, secure

AFP ordered to return money to innocent cuckoo smurfing victim under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

19 April 2017 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

The AFP attempted to use the Proceeds of Crime Act to restrain property of innocent victims of money laundering. The circumstances of this case were highly suggestive of ‘cuckoo smurfing’. The WA Supreme Ct ordered the AFP to return the innocent victim’s money. I acted for the successful innocent parties in this matter. Read more

Filed Under: Proceeds of Crime Act Tagged With: cuckoo smurfing, proceeds of crime

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Edward Greaves
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