R v Qaumi & Ors (No 18) [2016] NSWSC 351

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Qaumi & Ors (No 18) [2016] NSWSC 351 Hearing dates: 24 and 30 March 2016 Date of orders: 30 March 2016 Decision date: 30 March 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Hamill J Decision: Notice of Motion dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – form of indictment – particulars – where alternative count pleads different victim to substantive count – where alternative count pleads target of offence as being "another person" – whether authorised by statute creating of the offence – where application withdrawn – where other accused charged with same offence make no application – timeliness of application – where counsel's instructions withdrawn Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Cases Cited: R v Qaumi (No 3) Severance and Separate Trial [2016] NSWSC 15 Category: Procedural and other rulings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J Stratton SC & M Curry (F Qaumi) P Young SC (M Quami) N Carroll(J Quami) R Driels (Zarshoy) Counsel's Instructions withdrawn (Kalal, Day 1) G Clarke (Kalal, Day 2)

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: No publication until the conclusion of the trial.