Full case name Bond v The Queen Subsequent action(s) none | Decided 14 August 1992 End date August 14, 1992 | |
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Citation(s) (2000) 201 CLR 213, [2000] HCA 13 Prior action(s) The Queen v Bond (1997) 24 ACSR 518; (1997) 95 A Crim R 246 - WA Court of Criminal Appeal | ||
Bond v The Queen [2000] HCA 13; (2000) 201 CLR 213; (2000) 169 ALR 607, was a significant case decided in the High Court of Australia regarding the power of the Commonwealth DPP to institute appeals in state courts.
Background
Alan Bond had pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court of Western Australia to 2 charges of failing to act honestly in his capacity as an officer of a company, with intent to defraud the company and its shareholders. He was sentenced to a total 4 years imprisonment. The Director of Public Prosecutions appealed his sentence to the Court of Criminal Appeal, of which the court allowed the appeal and sentenced Alan Bond to 7 years imprisonment.
Alan Bond appealed to the High Court on the grounds that the Director of Public Prosecutions didn't have the authority to appeal the sentence imposed on him.