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Application for compensation Criminal Offence Victims Act arising as complainant of attempting to unlawfully procure a child aged under 16 to commit an indecent act; the offence committed by the respondent was not a "personal offence committed against the applicant"; in a case where the charge is an attempt to procure, there will be no personal offence.
Appeal Determined (QCA)
[2007] QCA 166 [2008] 1 Qd R 393
25 May 2007
Appeal against dismissal of application for criminal offence compensation arising from unlawfully attempting to procure; primary judge erred in determining that the offence was not "an indictable offence committed against the person of someone" under s 21 of the Criminal Offence Victims Act; leave to appeal on limited ground granted and appeal allowed ordering compensation: de Jersey CJ, McMurdo P and Philippides J (de Jersey CJ dissenting on interpretation of "personal offence").
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Appeal Determined (QCA)
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