R v Al Batat & Ors (No 9) [2020] NSWSC 1101

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Al Batat & Ors (No 9) [2020] NSWSC 1101 Hearing dates: 6 August 2020 Date of orders: 21 August 2020 Decision date: 21 August 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: Evidentiary rulings made – see paragraph [61] Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - evidence - admissions made with authority - co-conspirators rule - common purpose to murder - where one offender makes admissions to a witness criminal concerned in events - whether admissible against co-accused - hearsay - admissions - whether statements made in furtherance of common purpose - scope of common purpose - whether extends to common purpose to avoid detection Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 59, 81, 82, 87 Cases Cited: Ahern v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 87; [1988] HCA 39 Higgins v R [2020] NSWCCA 149 Landini v New South Wales [2007] NSWSC 259 R v Dolding (2018) 100 NSWLR 314; [2018] NSWCCA 127 R v Macraild (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 18 December 1997, unrep) R v Scott Alan May (No 2) [2008] NSWSC 595 Tripodi v The Queen (1961) 104 CLR 1; [1961] HCA 22 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina Abdallah Hassan Al Batat Ying Cheng Luo Ian Fan Jaiyu Liu Jacob Blake Bayliss Nai An Li Representation: Counsel: P Hogan (Crown) B Rigg SC (Al Batat) R Webb (Luo) T Quilter (Fan) N Carroll (Liu) A Norrie (Bayliss) D Carroll (Li)