R v Al Batat & Ors (No 15) [2020] NSWSC 1227

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Al Batat & Ors (No 15) [2020] NSWSC 1227 Hearing dates: 9 September 2020 Date of orders: 10 September 2020 Decision date: 10 September 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: The application under s 32 of the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) is refused. Catchwords: EVIDENCE - evidence of admission in WeChat exchange - evidence admissible against one of six accused - application to refresh memory from statement - where statement made 27 months after "chat" - impressionistic recall of conversation - relevant considerations - leave to put document in hands of witness refused EVIDENCE - words and phrases - "fresh in the memory" - statutory construction - whether phrase should be construed wherever it appears in statute - where one section amended to define phrase - where section under consideration not amended Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 32, 66 Cases Cited: Graham v The Queen (1998) 195 CLR 606; [1998] HCA 61 R v Al Batat & Ors (No 8) [2020] NSWSC 1095 R v Al Batat & Ors (No 10) [2020] NSWSC 1107 R v Rogerson; R v McNamara (No 24) [2016] NSWSC 105 Roth v The Queen [2014] VSCA 242 Texts Cited: Stephen Odgers, "Uniform Evidence Law" (15th Edition, Lawbook Co, 2020) 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)