R v Macdonald; R v Edward Obeid; R v Moses Obeid (No 7) [2019] NSWSC 1916

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Macdonald; R v Edward Obeid; R v Moses Obeid (No 7) [2019] NSWSC 1916 Hearing dates: 16-19 & 26 July; 1 August 2019 Date of orders: 8 August 2019 Decision date: 09 August 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Fullerton J Decision: 1. The notices of motion filed on 21 June 2019 and 4 July 2019, respectively, are dismissed. 2. Mr Macdonald's application for a temporary stay to allow him time to prepare for trial is granted in part. 3. The trial date of 12 August 2019 is vacated. 4. The trial is relisted to commence on 30 September 2019. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Application for temporary stay of proceedings Legislation Cited: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Jago v District Court of New South Wales (1989) 168 CLR 23; [1989] HCA 46 Macdonald v R; Maitland v R [2016] NSWCCA 306 Maitland v R; Macdonald v R [2019] NSWCCA 32 R v Moses Obeid; R v Macdonald; R v Edward Obeid (No 4) [2019] NSWSC 1286) 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) In person (Accused Macdonald) CT Barry QC (Accused Edward Obeid) MJ Neil QC / M Kalyk (Accused Moses Obeid)