R v Al Batat & Ors (No 21) [2020] NSWSC 1350

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Al Batat & Ors (No 21) [2020] NSWSC 1350 Hearing dates: 30 September 2020 Date of orders: 30 September 2020 Decision date: 08 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: (1) Leave under s 32 of the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) to refresh witness's memory by use of statement refused. (2) Leave granted to allow the Prosecutor to cross-examine the witness under s 38(1)(a) and (c) of the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW). (3) Leave for the Prosecutor to cross-examine Mr Weng on the comment by Mr Luo "to finish him" refused. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - evidence - application to cross-examine own witness - whether evidence unfavourable - whether prior inconsistent statement - whether witness making genuine attempt to give evidence - relevance of psychotic illness suffered by the witness - first growth Bordeaux - domestic shiraz Legislation Cited: Evidence Act NSW (1995), ss 32, 38, 60, 192 Cases Cited: Adam v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 96; [2001] HCA 57 R v Al Batat & Ors (No 1) [2020] NSWSC 967 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)