R v El-Kahil (No. 1) [2022] NSWDC 606

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v El-Kahil (No. 1) [2022] NSWDC 606 Hearing dates: 19 – 21 & 25 July 2022 Date of orders: 15 November 2022 Decision date: 15 November 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Bennett SC DCJ Decision: (1) The application to exclude the evidence of the police witnesses describing events to the point of the struggle in which it is alleged the assaults charged in Counts One, Two, and Three, (Count Four in the alternative) were committed is refused (2) To the extent that the application is understood to extend to the evidence of the police witnesses describing the accused's conduct upon which the Crown relies in proof of the assaults charged in Counts One, Two, and Three, (Count Four in the alternative) were committed the application is refused Catchwords: CRIME — Violent offences — Resist/Hinder police officer in execution of duty CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Evidence — Admissibility CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Trial — Voir dire Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000 Criminal Assets Recovery Act 1990 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Regulation 2021 Evidence Act 1995 Firearms Act 1996 Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 Police Powers (Vehicles) Act 1998 Road Transport Act 2013 Weapons Prohibition Act 1998 Cases Cited: Anderson v Judges of the District Court of New South Wales (1992) 27 NSWLR 701 Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223 Bales v Parmeter (1935) 35 SR (NSW) 182 Gilmour v Environmental Protection Authority [2002] NSWCCA 399 Hyder v Commonwealth of Australia [2012] NSWCA 336 International Finance Trust Co Ltd v New South Wales Crime Commission [2008] NSWCA 291; (2008) 189 A Crim R 559 International Finance Trust Co Ltd v New South Wales Crime Commission [2009] HCA 49; (2009) 240 CLR 319 Kadir v The Queen (2020) 267 CLR 109; [2020] HCA 1 New South Wales Crime Commission v Vu [2009] NSWCA 349 Pearse v Pearse (1846) 63 ER 950 Queensland Bacon Pty Ltd v Rees [1966] HCA 21; (1966) 115 CLR 266 R v Basha (1989) 39 A Crim R 337 R v Buddee [2016] NSWDC 422 R v Elliot (No. 1) [2022] NSWDC 327 R v Rondo [2001] NSWCCA 540; (2001) 126 A Crim R 562 R v Tillett; Ex parte Newton (1969) 14 FLR 101 Ruddock v Taylor [2005] HCA 48; (2005) 222 CLR 612 Winikerei v R [2022] NSWDC 250 Texts Cited: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Rex (Crown) Robert El-Kahil (Accused) Representation: David Phillips (Crown Prosecutor) Leah Rowan (Counsel for the Accused)