R v Azari (No 7) [2018] NSWSC 1680

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Azari (No 7) [2018] NSWSC 1680 Hearing dates: 3, 4 and 7 October 2018 Date of orders: 08 October 2018 Decision date: 02 November 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: N Adams J Decision: The telephone intercept evidence comprised of calls 5, 15, 39 and 201 are inadmissible. Catchwords: EVIDENCE – Admissibility – Where Crown seeks to adduce evidence of third-party telephone conversations to which the accused was not party – Whether evidence relevant – Whether evidence inadmissible hearsay Legislation Cited: Criminal Code Act 2005 (Cth), Sch, s 101.6 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 55, 59 ,60 ,66A, 81, 87, 184 Cases Cited: Ahern v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 87; [1988] HCA 39 Decision Restricted [2018] NSWCCA 127 R v Azari (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 515 R v Clark (2001) 123 A Crim R 506; [2001] NSWCCA 494 Tripodi v The Queen (1961) 104 CLR 1; [1961] HCA 22 Tsang v R (2011) 35 VR 240; [2011] VSCA 336 Wing Cheong Li v R (2010) 199 A Crim R 419; [2010] NSWCCA 40 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina (Crown) Omarjan Azari (Accused) Representation: Counsel: L Crowley with B Power (Crown) B Hughes SC with M Curry (Accused)

Solicitors: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) Ryan & Payten Criminal Specialists (Accused) File Number(s): 2014/274649 Publication restriction: Nil