R v Qaumi & Ors (No 2) (Basha Inquiry) [2015] NSWSC 1715

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Qaumi & Ors (No 2) (Basha Inquiry) [2015] NSWSC 1715 Hearing dates: 2, 5, 9, 11, 13 and 16 November 2015 Date of orders: 18 November 2015 Decision date: 18 November 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Hamill J Decision: Basha Inquiry ordered. Directions made for conduct of Inquiry. See paragraph [22]. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – Basha inquiry – consent by Crown – dispute as to scope of pre-trial cross-examination – multiple accused charged on 36 counts – roll-over witnesses – twelve informant witnesses – onus on the accused to establish that cross-examination necessary to secure a fair trial – inconsistencies in brief insufficient to discharge onus – ambiguity as to case the accused required to meet sufficient to discharge onus – dress-rehearsal Legislation Cited: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Cases Cited: B v Gould & DPP (1993) 67 A Crim R 297 Redacted v DPP [2015] NSWSC 747 Kennedy v R (1997) 94 A Crim R 341 R v Basha (1989) 39 A Crim R 337 R v Ibrahim [2007] NSWSC 1140 R v Nasiri [2015] NSWC 1649 R v Qaumi and Ors (AVL) [2015] NSWSC 1711 R v Sandford (1994) 33 NSWLR 172 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina Farhad Qaumi Mumtaz Qaumi Jamil Qaumi Witness M Mohammed Zarshoy Mohammed Nasiri John Bishop (aka John Bischoff) Mohammed Kalal Representation: Counsel: K McKay & P Hogan (Crown) J Stratton SC & M Curry (F Qaumi) P Young SC (M Quami) W Brewer (J Quami) T D F Hughes (Witness M) R Driels (Zarshoy) P Doyle (Nasiri) T Evers (Bishop) J Nicholson SC (Kalal)