R v Cranston (No 9) [2021] NSWSC 1413

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Cranston (No 9) [2021] NSWSC 1413 Hearing dates: 21-23 September 2021 Date of orders: 4 November 2021 Decision date: 04 November 2021 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Payne JA Decision: See rulings set out in Annexure A. Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — trial — case management — pre-trial hearing — evidence — application for exclusion of evidence — whether alleged admissions influenced by violence or oppressive conduct — Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 84 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — trial — case management — pre-trial hearing — evidence — application for exclusion of evidence — whether probative value of evidence outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice — Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 135, 137 CRIME — federal offences — conspiracy — overt acts — Criminal Code (Cth), s 135.4(9)(c) Legislation Cited: Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000 (Cth) Criminal Code (Cth), ss 11.5(1), 135.4(3), 135.4(9)(c), 400.3(1) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 84, 90, 135, 135(c), 137 Surveillance Devices Act 2004 (Cth), s 18(5) Cases Cited: Agius v The Queen (2013) 248 CLR 601; [2013] HCA 27 Ahern v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 87; [1988] HCA 39 Allen v R [2020] NSWCCA 173 Beckett v R [2014] NSWCCA 305; (2014) 315 ALR 295 Caratti v The Queen (2000) 22 WAR 527; [2000] WASCA 279 Cranston v R [2020] NSWCCA 143 Deacon v The Queen [2019] NTCCA 21; (2019) 282 A Crim R 303 Director of Public Prosecutions v Doot [1973] AC 807 Dyldam Developments Pty Ltd v Jones [2008] NSWCA 56 Elomar v R [2014] NSWCCA 303; (2014) 316 ALR 206 Em v The Queen (2007) 232 CLR 67; [2007] HCA 46 Gilbert v The Queen (2000) 201 CLR 414; [2000] HCA 15 Habib v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (2010) 76 NSWLR 299; [2010] NSWCA 34 Higgins v R [2007] NSWCCA 56 IMM v The Queen (2016) 257 CLR 300; [2016] HCA 14 McDermott v The King (1948) 76 CLR 501; [1948] HCA 23 Namoa v The Queen [2021] HCA 13; (2021) 95 ALJR 396 Papakosmas v The Queen (1999) 196 CLR 297; [1999] HCA 37 R v Becerra (1976) 62 Cr App R 212 R v Beckett (2015) 256 CLR 305; [2015] HCA 38 R v Blick [2000] NSWCCA 61; (2000) A Crim R 326 R v Cranston [2020] NSWSC 469 R v Cranston (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 1102 R v Cranston (No 3) [2020] NSWSC 1103 R v Cranston (No 4) [2020] NSWSC 1104 R v Cranston (No 5) [2020] NSWSC 1105 R v Cranston (No 6) [2020] NSWSC 1777 R v Cranston (No 7) [2020] NSWSC 1834 R v Cranston (No 8) [2021] NSWSC 9 R v Dickman (2017) 261 CLR 601; [2017] HCA 24 R v JF [2009] ACTSC 104; (2009) 237 FLR 142 R v LK (2010) 241 CLR 177; [2010] HCA 17 R v Macdonald; R v Edward Obeid; R v Moses Obeid (No 17) [2021] NSWSC 858 R v Masters (1992) 26 NSWLR 450 R v SJRC [2007] NSWCCA 142 R v Spiteri-Ahern; R v Barber; R v Zraika (No 10) [2017] NSWSC 1380 R v Sumpton [2014] NSWSC 1432 R v Suteski (2002) 56 NSWLR 182; [2002] NSWCCA 509 R v Tang [2010] VSC 578 R v WE (No.13) [2020] NSWSC 225 R v Whitehouse [1941] 1 DLR 683 R v Ye Zhang [2000] NSWSC 1099 Regina (C'Wealth) v Baladjam [No 19] [2008] NSWSC 1441 Rogerson v R; McNamara v R [2021] NSWCCA 160 Saffron v The Queen (1988) 17 NSWLR 395 Shepherd v The Queen (1990) 170 CLR 573; [1990] HCA 56 The Queen v Theophanous [2003] VSCA 78; (2003) 141 A Crim R 216 Tripodi v The Queen (1961) 104 CLR 1; [1961] HCA 22 White v Ridley (1978) 140 CLR 342; [1978] HCA 38 Texts Cited: Greg Taylor, "The Difference Between ss 84 and 85 of the Uniform Evidence Acts" (2019) 93 Australian Law Journal 53 Peter Gillies, The Law of Criminal Conspiracy (2nd ed, 1990, The Federation Press) Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Adam Michael Cranston (Applicant) Lauren Anne Cranston (Applicant) Jason Cornell Onley (Applicant) Dev Menon (Applicant) Patrick Willmott (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J Stratton SC with H Blake (Adam Cranston) T D Anderson SC (Lauren Cranston) P Bruckner (Dev Menon) W R Johnson (Jason Onley) L Brasch (Patrick Willmott) P McGuire SC with S A Moglia (Crown)