R v Macdonald; R v Edward Obeid; R v Moses Obeid (No 8) [2019] NSWSC 1915

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Macdonald; R v Edward Obeid; R v Moses Obeid (No 8) [2019] NSWSC 1915 Hearing dates: 16 September 2019 Date of orders: 18 September 2019 Decision date: 23 September 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Fullerton J Decision: 1. The notices of motion filed by Moses Obeid on 6 September 2019 and Edward Obeid on 10 September 2019 (and joined by Ian Macdonald on 16 September 2019) seeking a temporary stay of the pending joint trial are granted. 2. The trial date of 30 September 2019 is vacated. 3. The trial is relisted to commence on 3 February 2020. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Application for temporary stay of proceedings Legislation Cited: Election Funding, Expenditure and Disclosures Act 1981 (NSW) Cases Cited: Dietrich v The Queen (1992) 177 CLR 293; [1992] HCA 57 Dupas v The Queen (2010) 241 CLR 237; [2010] HCA 20 Hughes v R [2015] NSWCCA 330 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v District Court of New South Wales (2004) 61 NSWLR 344; [2004] NSWCA 324 Maitland v R; Macdonald v R [2019] NSWCCA 32 R v Moses Obeid; R v Macdonald; R v Edward Obeid (No 7), 9 August 2019 R (Cth) v Elomar (No 12) [2009] NSWSC 448 R (Cth) v Petroulias (No 19) [2007] NSWSC 536 Re K [2002] NSWCCA 374 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: The Crown Ian Michael Macdonald (Accused) Edward Moses Obeid (Accused) Moses Edward Obeid (Accused) Representation: Counsel: S Callan (Crown) J Martin (Accused Macdonald) M Smith (Accused Edward Obeid) MJ Neil QC / M Kalyk (Accused Moses Obeid)