R v Qaumi & Ors (No 13) [2016] NSWSC 337

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Qaumi & Ors (No 13) [2016] NSWSC 337 Hearing dates: 21 March 2016 Date of orders: 21 March 2016 Decision date: 30 March 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Hamill J Decision: Orders made on 7 March 2016 for pseudonym, suppression and non-publications orders and restriction on cross-examination varied so as to include a person now known as Witness M. Decision as to closure of the Court deferred. See paragraph [13]. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – informant witnesses – suppression and non-publication orders – pseudonym orders Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) Cases Cited: R v Qaumi & Ors (AVL) [2015] NSWSC 1711 R v Qaumi & Ors (No 9) (Court Closure) [2016] NSWSC 171 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina Farhad Qaumi Mumtaz Qaumi Jamil Qaumi Mohammed Zarshoy Mohammed Kalal Representation: Counsel: K McKay & P Hogan (Crown) J Stratton SC & M Curry (F Qaumi) P Young SC (M Quami) N Carroll(J Quami) R Driels (Zarshoy) H Hallak (Solicitor) (Kalal)

Solicitors: Solicitor for the NSW DPP(Crown) Archbold Legal (F Qaumi) George Sten& Co (M Quami) Bannisters Lawyers (J Quami) Zahr Lawyers (Zarshoy) Hallak Law (Kalal) File Number(s): Farhad Quami - 2014/6809; 2014/315201; 2014/315252Mumtaz Quami – 2014/6813; 2014/315251; 2014/315260Jamil Quami - 2013/336086; 2014/18164; 2014315253Mohammad Zarshoy – 2014/316236Mohammad Kalal - 2013/344739; 2014/66939 Publication restriction: Pursuant to orders made on 7 March witness to be referred to as "M" or "witness M", to restrict publication of her name until further order and to prohibit publication of any information that would lead to her identification.