Abuse: Evidence by videolink from another country.
Touma v Diocese of Saint Maron, Sydney [2020] NSWSC 1926 (on Caselaw) saw an application by the first defendant (the Diocese) that the second defendant (Father Sleiman Yammine) by permitted to give oral evidence by a/v link from Lebanon.
The second defendant was previously charged and convicted of criminal offences in relation to the alleged abuse but his conviction was overturned on appeal. Subsequent to his conviction being overturned, he moved to Lebanon where…