R v Qaumi & Ors (No 40) [2016] NSWSC 807

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Qaumi & Ors (No 40) [2016] NSWSC 807 Hearing dates: 16-17 June 2016 Date of orders: 17 June 2016 Decision date: 17 June 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Hamill J Decision: Application for discharge of jury refused Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – application to discharge of jury – non-responsive disclosure by witness that accused had just got out of gaol – whether answer creates unfairness – whether jury will focus on the evidence – poker face of Senior Counsel – evidence considered in context of issues in the trial – uncontested evidence of involvement in criminal gang – gangsters moll – relevance of length of trial – whether directions capable of curing prejudice – danger of highlighting evidence – whether transcript should be redacted if requested by jury 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.