Court Officers' Fraud and Corruption Advanced Course
Session 1: Bribery and Fraud Case Issues
Part 1 - Introduction to the course outline, objectives, learning outcomes and an overview of the relevant resource pages on the PJIP website.
Part 2 - Presentation by Alicia Ditton, Judicial Registrar of Federal Court of Australia on Understanding Bribery Offences and Evidence to Manage Bribery Cases at the Advanced Managing and Reporting on Fraud and Corruption Cases Workshop held in Honiara 18-20 June 2024.
The presentation covered:
- What is bribery?
- Issues in bribery cases
- Giving a bribe - 141.1(1) Criminal Code
- Elements of the offence
- Case law on elements
- Understanding the evidence - Circumstantial evidence
- Types of evidence in bribery cases
- Resource plan for trial
Part 3 – Presentation by Joanne Wilson, Judicial Registrar of Federal Court of Australia on Advanced Fraud and Corruption Trials at the Advanced Managing and Reporting on Fraud and Corruption Cases Workshop held in Honiara 18-20 June 2024.
The presentation covers:
- The impacts of corruption on individuals, organisations and communities
- Fraud and corruption cases
- Analysing fraud offences
- Defences – Honest claim of right
Presentation
- Course introduction presentation
- Understanding Bribery Offences and Evidence to Manage Bribery Cases | (PDF, 677KB)
- Advanced Fraud and Corruption Trials | (PDF, 797MB)
Learning Activity
- Bribery Case Scenario - Louise Remain (PDF, 129KB)
- Bribery Case Scenario – Louise Remain – Suggested responses (PDF, 164KB)
- Fraud and Corruption Operation Birks Worksheet (PDF, 618KB)
Readings
- Criminal Code Act 1995(Cwlth)
- R v Ghosh [1982] QB 1053
- Criminal Code Act 1974 PNG
- Crimes Act 2009 - Laws of Fiji
- Penal Code, Vanuatu
- s 364(1), CC, PNG (Kasaipwalova v The State [1977] PNGLR 257)
- 123, 124 Penal Code, Vanuatu (Public Prosecutor v Wilkins [2003] VUSC 66)
- Amaiu v The State [1979] PNGLR 576
- Brian Kindi Lawi v The State [1987] PNGLR 183
- Wartoto v The State(2019) SC1834
- Havila Kavo (2015) SC1450
- Scott v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [1974] UKHL 4; [1975] AC 819
- Peters v The Queen (1998) 192 CLR 493
- R v Magalu [1974] PNGLR 188
- Ikalom & Anor v The State (2019) SC1888
- The State v Felix Luke Simon (supra) adopting Macleod v The Queen (2003) 214 CLR 230).
Additional resources
(PNG) FCOT Update & Fraud identity and Evidentiary Case Example
(PNG) FCOT Update & Fraud identity and Evidentiary Case Example Presentation (PDF, 389KB)