R v Price; R v Rahim; R v Rizk; R v Taufahema (No 5) [2024] NSWSC 452

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Price; R v Rahim; R v Rizk; R v Taufahema (No 5) [2024] NSWSC 452 Hearing dates: 28 November 2023 Date of orders: 28 November 2023 Decision date: 06 May 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McNaughton J Decision: In relation to the accused Price, the Court makes the following order: (1) The application of the accused for a verdict of not guilty by direction to the charge of murder is refused Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – where accused seeking a verdict of not guilty by direction to a charge of murder – where applicant contends the Crown cannot prove the count through the least demanding pathway, extended joint criminal enterprise – application refused Cases Cited: Attorney-General's Reference (No 1 of 1983) [1983] 2 VR 410 Doney v The Queen (1990) 171 CLR 207; [1990] HCA 51 Saffron v Director of Public Prosecutions (1989) 16 NSWLR 397; (1989) 43 A Crim R 1 The Queen v Hillier (2007) 228 CLR 618; [2007] HCA 13 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Rex (Crown) Lisa Anne Price (Accused) Bilal Rahim (Accused) Sherene Rizk (Accused) Viliami Bui Taufahema (Accused) Representation: Counsel: K Ratcliffe (Crown) T Quilter (Lisa Anne Price) M Hobart SC (Bilal Rahim) N Carroll (Sherene Rizk) A Evers (Viliami Bui Taufahema)

Solicitors: Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Crown) Sydney Side Lawyers (Lisa Anne Price) Australian Criminal & Family Lawyers (Bilal Rahim) Malouf Criminal Lawyers (Sherene Rizk) Criminal Law Group (Viliami Bui Taufahema) File Number(s): 2019/00399270, 2019/00388028, 2019/00397014, 2019/00388190 Publication restriction: No publication until the conclusion of the trial of Joseph Nehme