R v Nehme; R v Price; R v Rahim; R v Rizk; R v Taufahema (No 4) [2024] NSWSC 451

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Nehme; R v Price; R v Rahim; R v Rizk; R v Taufahema (No 4) [2024] NSWSC 451 Hearing dates: 31 October 2023 Date of orders: 31 October 2023 Decision date: 06 May 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McNaughton J Decision: In relation to the accused Nehme, the Court makes the following order: (1) The application for a separate trial is granted Catchwords: CRIME – murder – practice and procedure – application for a separate trial – where an accused unlawfully accessed confidential instructions of a co-accused – where counsel had to withdraw pursuant to r 101(a) of the Legal Profession Uniform Conduct (Barristers) Rules 2015 (NSW) – where unknown degree of dissemination of stolen material – indeterminate element of incurable prejudice unless a separate trial is ordered Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Uniform Conduct (Barristers) Rules 2015 (NSW), r 101(a) Cases Cited: Caleo v R [2021] NSWCCA 179; (2021) 290 A Crim R 352 Dietrich v The Queen (1992) 177 CLR 292; [1992] HCA 57 Jago v District Court of New South Wales (1989) 168 CLR 23; [1989] HCA 46 Lee v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 455; [2014] HCA 20 McNamara v The King [2023] HCA 36 Mitchell v The King [2023] HCA 5 Nehme v R [2022] NSWCCA 49 R v Houda [2022] NSWCCA 179 R v Nehme & Ors (No 1) [2022] NSWSC 138 R v Nehme & Ors (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 171 R v Nehme & Ors (No 3) [2022] NSWSC 205 R v Nehme & Ors (No 4) [2022] NSWSC 202 R v Nehme & Ors (No 5) [2022] NSWSC 254 R v Nehme & Ors (No 6) [2022] NSWSC 250 R v Nehme & Ors (No 7) [2022] NSWSC 1723 R v Nehme, Price, Rahim, Taufahema and Rizk [2023] NSWSC 202 R v Nehme, Price, Rahim, Taufahema and Rizk (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 843 R v Nehme, Price, Rahim, Taufahema and Rizk (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 844 R v Nehme, Price, Rahim, Taufahema and Rizk (No 4) [2023] NSWSC 932 R v Nehme, Price, Rahim, Taufahema and Rizk (No 5) [2023] NSWSC 933 R v Nehme, Price, Rahmin, Taufahema and Rizk (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 843 Strickland (a pseudonym) v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) (2018) 266 CLR 325; [2018] HCA 53 Webb v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 41; [1994] HCA 30 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) N Carroll (Sherene Rizk) A Evers (Viliami Bui Taufahema)