Torres: you are correct in your assumption. The Tribunal is free to decide that a licence holder has breached a rule, whether or not she is going to be or has been prosecuted for that breach. Indeed, the Tribunal is free to decide that a licence holder has breached a rule, even if she has been prosecuted for that breach and found not guilty. (Remember OJ Simpson?)
I doubt the Tribunal will wait for the prosecution to be completed in Mr Edwards’ case, but it will depend on how hard CASA wants to push. Now that the stay has been granted, Mr Edwards is in no rush to get to a final hearing, and given that his licences are now perpetual there’s no pending expiry date that can be used as leverage.
Should be an interesting chess game. Langmead’s clever, and Wollerman’s OK when he concentrates on the law rather than his snarling Rottweiller impression.
Have a nice financial year.