WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Simpson) v Haddad [2014] NSWDC 123

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: WorkCover Authority of NSW (Inspector Simpson) v Haddad [2014] NSWDC 123 Hearing dates: 1/08/2014 Decision date: 04 August 2014 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Curtis, J Decision: The Prosecutor's Motion of 21 July 2014 is dismissed I will hear the parties on costs Parties are to bring in Short Minutes of Order for the further disposition of the matter Catchwords: District Court - Notice of Motion seeking related matters be tried separately - Whether previous order of the Court be recinded - Whether defendant be called as a witness in other related matters - Whether joint or separate trials are within the interest of justice Legislation Cited: Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 Evidence Act 1995 Cases Cited: R v Saunders NSW CCA 29 March 1994, unreported R v Dellapatrona & Duffield (1993) 31 NSWR 123 R v Glover (1987) 46 SASR 310 R v Harbach [1973] 6 SASR 427 R v Demirok [1976] VR 244 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: WorkCover Authority of New South Wales (Inspector Simpson) (Prosecutor) Nouri Haddad (Defendant) Representation: J Agius SC with C Magee (Prosecutor) D A Lloyd (Defendant) WorkCover Authority of NSW (Prosecutor) Kheir Lawyers (Defendant) File Number(s): 2013/286382

RULING

Introduction 1On 17 June 2014 on the application of the defendant I ordered that the hearing date of this matter be vacated and the matter be set down for hearing as a joint trial with the prosecutions of Cement Australia Proprietary Limited, MSS Security Pty Ltd, and Magic Protection Services Pty Ltd.