R v Al Batat & Ors (No 33) [2021] NSWSC 340

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Al Batat & Ors (No 33) [2021] NSWSC 340 Hearing dates: 23, 24 November 2020 Date of orders: 24 November 2020 Decision date: 09 April 2021 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: Jury provided with transcripts of the closing addresses made on behalf of each of the accused, subject to minor amendments. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – jury request for transcripts of addresses – no provision in Jury Act – discretion to provide – long and complex trial – careful and thorough addresses – discretion exercised to comply with jury request Legislation Cited: Jury Act 1977 (NSW), s 55C Cases Cited: R v Bartle & Ors (2003) 181 FLR 1; [2003] NSWCCA 329 R v Qaumi & Ors (No 66) [2016] NSWSC 1403 R v Taousanis [1999] NSWSC 107; 146 A Crim R 303 Regina v Sukkar [2005] NSWCCA 54 Category: Procedural 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)

Solicitors: Solicitor for the NSW DPP (Crown) TS Law Firm (Al Batat) Voros Lawyers (Luo) Zahr & Partners (Fan) George Sten & Co (Liu) Ross Hill Lawyers (Bayliss) Younes & Espiner (Li) File Number(s): 2018/214586 (Al Batat) 2017/170943 (Luo) 2017/168582 (Fan) 2017/168476 (Liu) 2017/321618 (Bayliss) 2018/214894 (Li)