R v Al Batat & Ors (No 25) [2020] NSWSC 1388

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Al Batat & Ors (No 25) [2020] NSWSC 1388 Hearing dates: 25, 28 September 2020 Date of orders: 28 September 2020 Decision date: 13 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: The application to limit the use of Ms Sellers' evidence pursuant to s 136 of the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) is refused. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - evidence - hearsay evidence - evidence contained in induced statement of witness - where witness does not adopt the statement - circumstances of making statement - late disclosure of information concerning police contact with witness - "Shanghai surprise" - inapposite description of what occurred - where statement contains words and locations not within the knowledge of the witness - where witness concerned she may be charged if she did not co-operate - reliability of evidence - whether unfair prejudice in allowing the statement to be used for a hearsay purpose Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 32, 38, 60, 136, 165 Cases Cited: Adam v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 96; [2001] HCA 57 Lee v The Queen (1998) 195 CLR 594; [1998] HCA 60 Papakosmas v The Queen (1999) 196 CLR 297; [1999] HCA 37 R v Al Batat & Ors (No 20) [2020] NSWSC 1319 Schanker v The Queen [2018] VSCA 94 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)