Mohareb v Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions NSW [2024] NSWCA 93

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Mohareb v Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions NSW [2024] NSWCA 93 Hearing dates: 22 April 2024 Date of orders: 29 April 2024 Decision date: 29 April 2024 Before: Ward P; Payne JA Decision: (1) Leave to appeal dismissed. (2) Amended notice of motion on 27 March 2024 dismissed. (3) The applicant pay the respondent's costs of the application for leave to appeal and the costs of the motion dated 7 March 2024 and the amended notice of motion filed 27 March 2024. Catchwords: APPEALS — Leave to appeal — subpoena and notice to produce — correctly set aside — no legitimate forensic purpose — leave to appeal refused CONTEMPT — power of arrest — Notice of Motion seeking arrest — application dismissed — no evidence justifying issue of warrant for arrest Legislation Cited: Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW) Part 55 Cases Cited: Be Financial Pty Ltd as Trustee for Be Financial Operations Trust v Das [2012] NSWCA 164 Court of Appeal, Registrar of v Ritter (1985) 34 NSWLR 641 Inghams Enterprises Pty Ltd v Timania Pty Ltd (2005) 221 ALR 823; [2005] FCAFC 155 Island Maritime Limited v Filipowski (2006) 226 CLR 328; [2006] HCA 30 Matthews v ASIC [2009] NSWCA 155 Mohareb v Kelso (No 3) [2021] NSWCA 213 Mohareb v Kelso [2020] NSWCA 105 Mohareb v Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2024] NSWCA 68 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251; [1994] HCA 42 Schnabel v Lui (2002) 56 NSWLR 119; [2002] NSWSC 1184 Secretary, Department of Family and Community Services v Smith (2017) 95 NSWLR 597; [2017] NSWCA 206 Secretary of the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment v Blacktown City Council [2021] NSWCA 145 Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378; [1993] HCA 77 Xinfeng Australia International Investment Pty Ltd v GR Capital Group Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 620 Z v Mental Health Review Tribunal (No 2) [2022] NSWCA 131 Texts Cited: D Rolph, Contempt (2023, Federation Press) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Nader Mohareb (applicant) Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions NSW (respondent) Representation: Counsel: In person (applicant) R Lee (respondent)