R v Macdonald; R v Edward Obeid; R v Moses Obeid (No 13) [2020] NSWSC 1947

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Macdonald; R v Edward Obeid; R v Moses Obeid (No 13) [2020] NSWSC 1947 Decision date: 05 November 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Fullerton J Decision: See [68], [77] and [122]. MFI 39 admitted into evidence as Exhibit X and MFI 40 admitted into evidence as Exhibit Y. Catchwords: EVIDENCE — Hearsay — Exceptions — Whether witness statement admissible under s 65(2) of the Evidence Act pursuant to a direction under s 67(4) EVIDENCE — Hearsay — Exceptions — Business record EVIDENCE — Discretions — Exclusion of evidence — Improperly or illegally obtained evidence — Whether evidence illegally obtained should be admitted into evidence in exercise of the discretion in s 138(1) of the Evidence Act Legislation Cited: Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 (NSW) Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2000 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Cases Cited: Crowley v Murphy (1981) 52 FLR 123 George v Rockett (1990) 170 CLR 104; [1990] HCA Kadir v R; Grech v R [2020] HCA 1 R v Macdonald; R v Edward Obeid; R v Moses Obeid (No 1) [2019] NSWSC 322 R v Rondo (2001) 126 A Crim R 562 Smethurst v Commissioner of Police [2020] HCA 14 Vitali v Stachnik [2001] NSWSC 303 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: The Crown Ian Michael Macdonald (Accused) Edward Moses Obeid (Accused) Moses Edward Obeid (Accused) Representation: Counsel: S Callan SC / R Rodger (Crown) J Martin (Accused Macdonald) MJ Neil QC / M Kalyk (Accused Moses Obeid)