Australia, July 25 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 25:
1. These proceedings were commenced on 28 May 2015 with the filing of a summons by the New South Wales Crime Commission as plaintiff and Mr Sean Anthony Smith as defendant.
2. The summons was heard on the same day by Hamill J, who made a number of orders pursuant to s 10A of the Criminal Assets Recovery Act 1990 (NSW) (Crime Commission v Sean Anthony Smith [2015] NSWSC 688). At the core of the orders was the belief "that the defendant engaged in serious crime related activity" connected to illicit drugs.
3. On 11 December 2018, the plaintiff filed an amended summons seeking orders under the Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime...