R v Qaumi & Qaumi (No 3) [2016] NSWSC 1494

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Qaumi & Qaumi (No 3) [2016] NSWSC 1494 Hearing dates: 13 October 2016 Date of orders: 13 October 2016 Decision date: 13 October 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Hamill J Decision: Pursuant to ss 45(4) of the Crime Commission Act 2012 ('the Act'), the Court certifies that: (a) Farhad Qaumi and Mumtaz Qaumi have been charged with an offence before a court of this State; and (b) it considers that it may be desirable in the interests of justice that particular evidence given before the New South Wales Crime Commission ('the Commission') in relation to which the Commission has given a direction under s 45 of the Act - namely, evidence given by Witness M - be made available to the legal practitioners representing Farhad Qaumi and Mumtaz Qaumi and to the prosecutor. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – evidence given at NSW Crime Commission – application for evidence to be produced to the Court – witness to be called by the Crown – whether it "may be desirable in the interests of justice" for material to be produced to the parties – certificate given to the Commission Legislation Cited: Crime Commission Act 2012 (NSW) Cases Cited: R v Qaumi & Ors (No 3) [2016] NSWSC 15 R v Qaumi and Ors (No 7) [2016] NSWSC 287 R v Qaumi and Ors (No 11) [2016] NSWSC 211 R v Qaumi and Ors (No 19) [2016] NSWSC 352 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina Farhad Qaumi Mumtaz Qaumi Representation: Counsel: K McKay & P Hogan (Crown) J Stratton SC & M Curry (F Qaumi) P Young SC (M Quami)