Elzahed v State of New South Wales [2018] NSWCA 103

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Elzahed v State of New South Wales [2018] NSWCA 103 Hearing dates: 30 April 2018 Date of orders: 18 May 2018 Decision date: 18 May 2018 Before: Beazley P, Ward JA and Payne JA at [1] Decision: (1) Leave to amend the notice of appeal to add ground 12 granted;

(2) Appeal dismissed;

(3) Appellant to pay the costs of the respondent of the appeal as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – whether party can give evidence while face covered by veil – discretionary decision of trial judge to refuse to allow witness to give evidence with face covered Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Dearman v Dearman (1908) 7 CLR 549; [1908] HCA 84 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 R v Lodhi (2006) 65 NSWLR 573; [2006] NSWCCA 101 BUSB v R (2011) 80 NSWLR 170; [2011] NSWCCA 39 Lovell v Lovell (1950) 81 CLR 513; [1950] HCA 52 Macedonian Orthodox Community Church St Petka Incorporated v His Eminence Petar The Diocesan Bishop of Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (2008) 237 CLR 66; [2008] HCA 42 Police v Razamjoo [2005] DCR 408 R v NS [2012] 3 SCR 726 Scott v Pauly (1917) 24 CLR 274; [1917] HCA 60 The Queen v D (R) [2013] EW Misc 13 (CC) Western Australia v Ward (1997) 76 FCR 492 Woods v Multi-Sport Holdings Pty Ltd (2002) 208 CLR 460; [2002] HCA 9 Texts Cited: Australian National Imams Council, Explanatory Note on the Judicial Process and Participation of Muslims, December 2017 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Moutia Elzahed (Appellant) State of New South Wales (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J K Kirk SC (Appellant) D Kell SC / M Spartalis / M Pulsford (Respondent)