R v Macdonald; R v Edward Obeid; R v Moses Obeid (No 1) [2019] NSWSC 322

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Macdonald; R v Edward Obeid; R v Moses Obeid (No 1) [2019] NSWSC 322 Date of orders: 10 May 2019 Decision date: 18 June 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Fullerton J Decision: Evidence admitted for limited purpose – see [17], [69] and [82]. Catchwords: EVIDENCE – Documentary evidence – Admissibility of evidence of the conduct of one or more than one alleged co-conspirators after conspiracy had been executed against all conspirators in conspiracy trial Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Mining Act 1992 (NSW) Cases Cited: Ahern v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 87; [1988] HCA 39 Elomar v R [2014] NSWCCA 303; (2014) 300 FLR 323 IMM v The Queen (2016) 257 CLR 300; [2016] HCA 14 Maitland v R; Macdonald v R [2019] NSWCCA 32 R v Baladjam (No 38) [2008] NSWSC 1458 R v Milne (No 1) [2010] NSWSC 932 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: The Crown Ian Michael Macdonald (Accused) Edward Moses Obeid (Accused) Moses Edward Obeid (Accused) Representation: Counsel: S Callan / R Rodger (Crown) M Cunneen SC / J Davidson (Accused Macdonald) CT Barry QC (Accused Edward Obeid) MJ Neil QC / M Kalyk (Accused Moses Obeid)

Solicitors: Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Crown) HWL Ebsworth Lawyers (Accused Macdonald) M Bowe (Accused Edward Obeid) Murphy's Lawyers Inc (Accused Moses Obeid) File Number(s): 2015/212910; 2015/214251; 2015/212851