R v Cranston (No 16) [2022] NSWSC 1166

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Cranston (No 16) [2022] NSWSC 1166 Hearing dates: 30 August 2022 Date of orders: 30 August 2022 Decision date: 31 August 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Payne JA Decision: (1) The individual Juror 01052964 is discharged pursuant to s 53B(d) of the Jury Act 1977 (NSW); (2) Pursuant to s 53C(1)(b) of the Jury Act, the trial is to continue with the remaining twelve jurors. Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Trial — Jury — Discharge of individual juror — where juror's employer refused to continue to provide make-up payments — where juror would suffer financial burden without make-up payments — juror discharged CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Trial — Jury — order that the trial continue with remaining jurors Legislation Cited: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), ss 111, 112 Industrial Relations Act 1999 (Qld), s 14A Juries Act 1957 (WA), s 58B Juries Act 2000 (Vic), s 52 Jury Act 1977 (NSW), ss 53B, 53C, 69 Jury Regulation 2015 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney-General v Butterworth [1963] 1 QB 696 Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union v Personnel Contracting Pty Ltd [2022] HCA 1 R v Cranston (No 14) [2022] NSWSC 860 R v Cranston (No 15) [2022] NSWSC 977 ZG Operations Australia Pty Ltd v Jamsek [2022] HCA 2 Texts Cited: Explanatory Memorandum, Fair Work Bill 2009 (Cth) New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 13 November 1947 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Regina (Crown) Adam Michael Cranston (Accused) Lauren Anne Cranston (Accused) Dev Menon (Accused) Jason Cornell Onley (Accused) Patrick Willmott (Accused) Representation: Counsel: P McGuire SC with J Paingakulam and C Tran (Crown) J Stratton SC with H Blake (Adam Cranston) TD Anderson SC (Lauren Cranston) P Bruckner (Dev Menon) WR Johnson (Jason Onley) L Brasch (Patrick Willmott)