R v Cranston (No 10) [2021] NSWSC 1637

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Cranston (No 10) [2021] NSWSC 1637 Hearing dates: 7 December 2021 Date of orders: 15 December 2021 Decision date: 15 December 2021 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Payne JA Decision: Dismiss the notice of motion filed by Messrs Menon and Onley dated 14 November 2021. Catchwords: 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 Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 50, 79, 84, 90, 135, 135(c), 137, 144 Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW), Pt 75 r 3J Surveillance Devices Act 2004 (Cth), s 18(5) Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth), Sch 1 s 284-75 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), Sch 7 Cases Cited: Cranston v R [2020] NSWCCA 143 Pratten v R [2014] NSWCCA 117 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 Cranston (No 9) [2021] NSWSC 1413 R v Warwick (No. 33) [2018] NSWSC 1219 Wollongong City Council v Papadopoulos [2019] NSWCA 178 Wood v The Queen (2012) 84 NSWLR 581; [2012] NSWCCA 21 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) TD Anderson SC (Lauren Cranston) P Bruckner (Dev Menon) WR Johnson (Jason Onley) L Brasch with J Leaver (Patrick Willmott) P McGuire SC with C Burnett SC, SA Moglia and L Robb Vujcic (Crown)