R v Moylan

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Supreme Court of New South Wales

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

27/06/2013

LITIGATION TYPE

Access to Justice

SUBJECT MATTER

Protest Activities

REVIEW TYPE

Judicial review

SUMMARY

Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - sentence - disseminate false information likely to induce persons to dispose of financial products - offender publishes hoax media release purportedly by ANZ Banking Group announcing withdrawal of facility to mining company - offender an activist against mining project - share price in mining company drops - investors lose money - offender admits hoax a short time later - whether offender intended damage to shareholders - offences involving market manipulation - whether imprisonment appropriate

CASE DOCUMENTS

R v Moylan [2014] NSWSC 944

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