R v Qaumi & Ors (No 29) [2016] NSWSC 569

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Qaumi & Ors (No 29) [2016] NSWSC 569 Hearing dates: 5 May 2016 Date of orders: 05 May 2016 Decision date: 05 May 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Hamill J Decision: Application for discharge of jury refused. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – application for discharge of jury – where counsel for co-accused elicits potentially prejudicial evidence – "stand over bloke" – "got out of gaol" – where counsel misapprehended interview – failure to object to evidence not relevant to discharge application – potential for prejudice – no clear identification of accused – minor incident in a lengthy trial – potential prejudice cured by direction 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) G Clarke (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: No publication until the conclusion of the trial.