R v Nehme; R v Price; R v Rahim; R v Rizk; R v Taufahema (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 1658

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Nehme; R v Price; R v Rahim; R v Rizk; R v Taufahema (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 1658 Hearing dates: 24 October 2023 Date of orders: 24 October 2023 Decision date: 24 October 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McNaughton J Decision: On behalf of the accused Nehme, the Court makes the following order: (1) The application for a direction relating to the element of intention for joint criminal enterprise and extended joint criminal enterprise is refused Catchwords: CRIME – murder – joint criminal enterprise – extended joint criminal enterprise – application in relation to the content of directions relating to the element of intention for joint criminal enterprise and extended joint criminal enterprise – Mitchell v The King [2023] HCA 5 not authoritatively stating anything new in relation to joint criminal enterprise or extended joint criminal enterprise outside the context of constructive murder – application rejected Legislation Cited: Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA), s 12A Cases Cited: McAuliffe v The Queen (1995) 183 CLR 108; [1995] HCA 37 Miller v The Queen (2016) 259 CLR 380; [2016] HCA 30 Mitchell v The King [2023] HCA 5 Shepherd v The Queen (1990) 170 CLR 573; [1990] HCA 56 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Rex (Crown) Joseph Nehme (Accused) Lisa Anne Price (Accused) Bilal Rahim (Accused) Sherene Rizk (Accused) Viliami Bui Taufahema (Accused) Representation: Counsel: K Ratcliffe (Crown) D Dalton SC / T Weller-Wong (Joseph Nehme) T Quilter (Lisa Anne Price) B Neild SC (Bilal Rahim) N Carroll (Sherene Rizk) A Evers (Viliami Bui Taufahema)