R v Hawi & ors (No 18) [2011] NSWSC 1664

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Hawi & ors (No 18) [2011] NSWSC 1664 Hearing dates: 18 August 2011 Decision date: 18 August 2011 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: R A Hulme J Decision: Leave granted to amend indictment Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - procedure - information, indictment or presentment - amendment - immateriality or absence of prejudice - leave granted to amend indictment CRIMINAL LAW - particular offences - offences against peace and public order - affray, riot, unlawful assembly and like offences - riot - generally - elements of the offence - actus reus of the offence requires actual use of unlawful violence - "threatening" unlawful violence insufficient Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Amendment) Act 1988 Criminal Appeal Rules Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Public Order Act 1986 (UK) Summary Offences Act 1988 Cases Cited: Colosimo and Ors v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2005] NSWSC 854 James Borodin v R; Irene Borodin v R; ED v R; Bogomiagkou v R [2006] NSWCCA 83 R v Jefferson [1994] 1 All ER 270 R v Tyler (1993) 96 Cr App R 332 Regina v Aaron John Lee Maher; Regina v Dwayne Eric Welsh; Regina v Craig Vincent Lardner; Regina v Ronald Priestly [2005] NSWCCA 16; (2005) 154 A Crim R 457 Regina v Asquith (1994) 72 A Crim R 250 Texts Cited: Watson, Blackmore and Hosking, Criminal Law New South Wales, LBC Information Services, 2nd ed, Vol 2 Howie and Johnson, Criminal Practice and Procedure NSW, Butterworths New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 19 October 1988 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina Mahmoud Hawi Christian Adam Menzies Farres Abounader Ishmail Eken Usama Potrus Zoran Kisacanin David Padovan Representation: Counsel: Ms N Adams with Ms H Roberts (Crown) Mr P Dunn QC with Mr S Grant (Hawi) Mr J Stratton SC (Menzies) Mr J Trevallion (Abounader) Mr P Young SC (Eken) Mr R Driels (Potrus) Mr J Gordon (Kisacanin) Mr A Conwell (Padovan) Solicitors: Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Crown) Sid Hawach & Co (Hawi) Hunter Flood Pty Limited (Menzies) Archbold Legal (Abounader) Purcell Felton Lawyers (Eken) Barakat Lawyers (Potrus) Elie Rahme & Associates (Kisacanin) Nyman Gibson Stewart (Padovan) File Number(s): 2009/50087