R v Cranston (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 1102

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Cranston (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 1102 Hearing dates: 7-8 July 2020, 14-15 July 2020 Date of orders: 24 August 2020 Decision date: 24 August 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Payne J Decision: Notice of motion dated 4 June 2020 dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – trial – case management – pre-trial disclosure – scope of prosecution disclosure in aid of judicial review proceedings yet to be commenced CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – warrants – surveillance warrants – whether stay to consider whether further disclosure required to test whether warrants validly obtained CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – warrants – surveillance warrants – whether stay to consider whether further disclosure required to test whether AFP conduct in executing warrants was authorised Legislation Cited: Constitution (Cth), s 75(v), 77(iii) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), s 3E Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Customs Act 1901 (Cth) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 134, 138, Pt 3.10 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), ss 39B(1C), 68, 78B Jurisdiction of Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2000 (Cth), s 13 of sch 2 Surveillance Devices Act 2004 (Cth), ss 4, 16, 17, 18, 47 Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (Cth), ss 60, 63, 74, 75, 76A, 77, 107A Cases Cited: Arno v Forsyth (1986) 9 FCR 576 Attorney-General (Vic) v Commonwealth (1945) 71 CLR 237; [1945] HCA 30 Baker v Campbell (1983) 153 CLR 52; [1983] HCA 39 Caratti v AFP (No 2) [2016] FCA 1132 Carmody v MacKeller (1997) 76 FCR 115; [1997] FCA 839 Chief Executive Officer of Customs v Jiang (2001) 111 FCR 395; [2001] FCA 145 Crowley v Murphy [1981] FCA 26; (1981) 34 ALR 496 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Kinghorn [2020] NSWCCA 48; (2020) 379 ALR 345 Geldert v State of Western Australia [2012] WASCA 226; (2012) 226 A Crim R 260 Gould v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2018] NSWCCA 109; (2018) 359 ALR 142 Grollo v Palmer (1995) 184 CLR 348; [1995] HCA 26 IMF (Aust) v Sons of Gwalia [2004] FCA 1390; (2004) 211 ALR 231 Kizon v Palmer [No 2] (1997) 75 FCR 261 Kizon v Palmer (1997) 72 FCR 409 Kizon v Palmer (No 2) (1998) 82 FCR 310 Knight v Victoria (2017) 261 CLR 306; [2017] HCA 29 Lambert v Weichelt (1954) 28 ALJ 282 McE v Prison Service of Northern Ireland [2009] 1 AC 908 Murphy v The Queen (1989) 167 CLR 94; [1989] HCA 28 New Group Newspapers v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [2016] 2 All ER 483 Ousley v The Queen (1997) 192 CLR 69; [1997] HCA 49 R v Cranston (No 3) [2020] NSWSC 1103 R v Cranston (No 5) [2020] NSWSC 1105 R v Grant [2006] QB 60 R v Lipton (2011) 82 NSWLR 123; [2011] NSWCCA 247 R v O'Meley [2017] NSWCCA 153 R.E. v United Kingdom [2015] ECHR 947 Warren v Attorney-General for Jersey [2012] 1 AC 22 Texts Cited: Commonwealth, Department of Finance, Review of the long term cost effectiveness of telecommunications interception, (March 1994) Second Reading Speech, Jurisdiction of Courts Legislation Amendment Bill 2000 (Cth), House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 8 March 2000 at 14111 Second Reading Speech, Telecommunication (Interception) Amendment Bill 1994 (Cth), House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 1 December 1995, 4318 Explanatory Memorandum, Surveillance Devices Bill 2004 (Cth) Explanatory Memorandum, Surveillance Devices Bill (No 2) 2004 (Cth) Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill 1994 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Adam Cranston (Applicant) Lauren Cranston (Applicant) Dev Menon (Applicant) Jason Onley (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Adam Cranston (in person) T D Anderson (Lauren Cranston) R Seiden SC, R Johnson (Jason Onley) P Bruckner (Dev Menon) R Maidment QC; R Sharp; L Robb Vujcic (Crown) Solicitors: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) Greg Willis Criminal Defence Lawyer (Lauren Cranston) Pure Legal (Jason Onley) Hardinlaw (Dev Menon) File Number(s): 2017/148697; 2017/148185; 2017/148776; 2017/149208 Publication restriction: Nil.