R v Obeid (No. 11) [2016] NSWSC 974

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Obeid (No. 11) [2016] NSWSC 974 Hearing dates: 6 June 2016 to 21 June 2016 Date of orders: 21 June 2016 Decision date: 15 July 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: See [1] of judgment. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - wilful misconduct in public office - mens rea - whether offence made out if public officer reckless as to whether his or her conduct in breach of the duties of their office Legislation Cited: --- Cases Cited: Attorney-General's Reference (No 3 of 2003) [2005] QB 73 Blackwell v The Queen [2011] NSWCCA 93; (2011) 208 A Crim R 392 Forder v Great Western Railway Company [1905] 2 KB 532 Iannella v French [1968] HCA 14; 119 CLR 84 Obeid v R (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 1380 Obeid v R [2015] NSWCCA 309 Question of Law Reserved (No 2 of 1996) (1996) 67 SASR 63 R v Quach [2010] VSCA 106; 201 A Crim R 522 Shum Kwok Sher v HKSAR (2002) 5 HKCFAR 381 Sin Kam Wah v HKSAR (2005) 8 HKCFAR 192 Transport Commission (Tas) v Neale Edwards Pty Ltd (1954) 92 CLR 214 Wells v Hardy [1964] 2 QB 447 Wood v Associated National Insurance Company Ltd [1984] 1 Qd R 507 Zaburoni v The Queen [2016] HCA 12 Texts Cited: Gillies, Criminal Law (4th ed, Law Book Company, 1997) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Edward Moses Obeid (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: PW Neil SC; S Beckett (Crown) B Hughes SC; N Mikhaiel (Accused)