R v Al Batat & Ors (No 27); NSW Commissioner of Police v Al Batat [2020] NSWSC 1399

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Al Batat & Ors (No 27); NSW Commissioner of Police v Al Batat [2020] NSWSC 1399 Hearing dates: 15, 17, 18, September 2020 and 7 October 2020 Date of orders: 17 September 2020, 7 October 2020 Decision date: 13 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: See paragraphs [4], [7], [9], [12] Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - evidence - public interest immunity - informant witness - closure of court - suppression orders - whether witness should be advised of orders - where witness gives misleading evidence in relation to material previously subject of claim for immunity - Commissioner asked to reconsider their position - parties provided with further information Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW), ss 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 Cases Cited: R v Al Batat & Ors (No 13); NSW Commissioner of Police v Al Batat [2020] NSWSC 1152 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina Abdallah Hassan Al Batat Ying Cheng Luo Ian Fan Jaiyu Liu Jacob Blake Bayliss Nai An Li Commissioner of Police 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) J Emmett & R Bhalla (Commissioner of Police)