R v Obeid (No 9) [2016] NSWSC 520

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Obeid (No 9) [2016] NSWSC 520 Hearing dates: 22 April 2016 Date of orders: 29 April 2016 Decision date: 29 April 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: (1) The parties, ICAC and the State of New South Wales confer in relation to the orders necessary to give effect to this judgment;

(2) Pursuant to s 10 of the Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 this judgment not be published until further order. Catchwords: PUBLIC INTEREST IMMUNITY – Cabinet documents – Ministerial correspondence – Cabinet advice – criminal proceedings – wilful misconduct in public office – alleged corruption of government processes by Legislative Councillor – balancing exercise – access to some documents granted – some refused. Legislation Cited: - Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) – s 10 - Evidence Act 2005 (NSW) – s 130, Division 1, 1A, 1C or 3 of Part 3.10 Cases Cited: - Alister v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 404 - Commonwealth v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [2000] FCA 453; 98 FCR 31 - The Commonwealth v Northern Land Council (1993) 176 CLR 604 - Egan v Chadwick [1999] NSWCA 176; 46 NSWLR 563 - Obeid v R [2015] NSWCCA 309 - R v Basha (1989) 39 A Crim R 337 - R v Obeid (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 1380 - R v Obeid (No 7) [2016] NSWSC 132 - R v Quach [2010] VSCA 106; 201 A Crim R 522 - Sankey v Whitlam [1978] HCA 43; 142 CLR 1 - State of New South Wales v Public Transport Ticketing Corporation [2011] NSWCA 60 Texts Cited: J.D.Heydon, Cross on Evidence (LexisNexis Butterworths, 8th Australian ed, 2010 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina – Applicant Edward Moses Obeid – Respondent Representation: Counsel: S. Robertson – Independent Commission against Corruption T. Glover – Roads & Maritime Services and Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority B. Hughes SC – Accused