Regina (C'Wealth) v Baladjam & Ors [No 24] [2008] NSWSC 1447

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Regina (C'Wealth) v Baladjam & Ors [No 24] [2008] NSWSC 1447

HEARING DATE(S) : 02/06/08

JUDGMENT DATE : 11 June 2008

JURISDICTION : Criminal

JUDGMENT OF : Whealy J at 1

DECISION : Application for stay of proceedings refused

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Application for stay of proceedings - Abuse of process - Ability of ASIO witnesses to give surveillance evidence in criminal proceedings - ASIO Act 1979 - Construction of s 18(2) - Authority or approval to give evidence - Sufficiency of approval.

ASIO Act 1979 LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Code Act 1995 National Security Information (Criminal & Civil Proceedings) Act 2004

CASES CITED : Church of Scientology v Woodward (1982) 154 CLR 25

Regina (C'Wealth) v Omar BALADJAM [No 24] Regina (C'Wealth) v Khaled CHEIKHO Regina (C'Wealth) v Moustafa CHEIKHO Regina (C'Wealth) v Mohamed Ali ELOMAR PARTIES : Regina (C'Wealth) v Abdul Rakib HASAN Regina (C'Wealth) v Mohammed Omar JAMAL Regina (C'Wealth) v Mirsad MULAHALILOVIC Regina (C'Wealth) v Khaled SHARROUF Regina (C'Wealth) v Mazen TOUMA

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2007/2397001; 2007/2398001; 2007/2399001; 2007/2400001; 2007/2452001; 2007/2454001; 2007/2396001; 2007/2455001

G. Bellew SC; C. Donnell; Ms S McNaughton - Crown M Buscombe SC; R Pontello - Accused Baladjam C Waterstreet; P Lange - Accused K Cheikho R Button SC; I Nash - Accused M Cheikho D Dalton SC; E Ozen - Accused Elomar COUNSEL : Ms D Yehia; Ms S Beckett - Accused Hasan G Scragg; D Carroll - Accused Jamal G Turnbull SC; A Djemal - Accused Mulahalilovic W Brewer; M Pickin - Accused Sharrouf S Hanley; - Accused Touma