El-Saeidy v R (No 2) [2021] NSWDC 548

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: El-Saeidy v R (No 2) [2021] NSWDC 548 Hearing dates: 02 June 2021, 26 July 2021 & 09 August 2021 Date of orders: 10 September 2021 Decision date: 10 September 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Bennett SC DCJ Decision: The application to reinstate the appeals is refused Catchwords: CRIME — Appeal and review — Appeal from Local Court to District Court — Reinstatement of appeal after dismissal for want of prosecution Legislation Cited: Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 Cases Cited: Barrett v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2020] NSWCA 270 El Saeidy v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2017] NSWCCA 211 El-Saeidy v Director of Public Prosecutions [2018] NSWCA 127 El-Saeidy v Director of Public Prosecutions No 2 [2019] NSWCA 297 El-Saeidy v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2019] NSWCA 289 Reznitsky v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2014] NSWCA 79 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Fawzi El-Saeidy (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Peter Livers (solicitor for the Applicant on 02 June & 26 July 2021, Applicant was self-represented after this occasion and there was no appearance on 09 August 2021) Felicity Evans (solicitor for the respondent)

Slattery Thompson (solicitors for the Applicant on 02 June & 26 July 2021 after which the Applicant was self-represented) Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) File Number(s): 2016/00178780, 2016/00205238 & 2016/00323816