R v Cranston (No 17) [2022] NSWSC 1522

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Cranston (No 17) [2022] NSWSC 1522 Hearing dates: 1 November 2022 Date of orders: 2 November 2022 Decision date: 09 November 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Payne JA Decision: Dismiss the notice of motion filed in Court on 1 November 2022 Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – Stay of proceedings – Inherent power to prevent abuse of process – two counts charged – whether elements of counts wholly subsumed in other – whether additional criminality reflected in two counts – whether stay should be granted Legislation Cited: Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), ss 11.5, 135.4, 400.3 Cases Cited: Chia Gee v Martin (1905) 3 CLR 649; [1905] HCA 70 Delaney v R (2013) 230 A Crim R 581; [2013] NSWCCA 150 Dickson v R [2016] NSWCCA 105 Environmental Protection Authority v Australian Iron & Steel Pty Ltd (1992) 28 NSWLR 502; (1992) 64 A Crim R 124 Hesketh v The Queen (2021) 106 NSWLR 200; [2021] NSWCCA 262 Island Maritime Ltd v Filipowski (2006) 226 CLR 328; [2006] HCA 30 Jidah v The Queen (2014) 246 A Crim R 368; [2014] NSWCCA 270 Li Wan Quai v Christie (1906) 3 CLR 1125 Nahlous v R (2010) 77 NSWLR 463; [2010] NSWCCA 58 Pearce v R (1998) 194 CLR 610; [1998] HCA 57 R v Anquetil [2020] NSWSC 995 R v Cranston (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 1102 R v Cranston (No 6) [2020] NSWSC 1777 R v Cranston (No 7) [2020] NSWSC 1834 R v Cranston (No 9) [2021] NSWSC 1413 R v Cranston (No 10) [2021] NSWSC 1637 R v Cranston (No 11) [2022] NSWSC 167 R v Dickson; R v Issakidis (No 1) [2014] NSWSC 1068 R v Dodd (1991) 56 A Crim R 451 R v Hammond [2020] NSWSC 888 Standen v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) (2011) 218 A Crim R 28; [2011] NSWCCA 187 Wemyss v Hopkins (1875) LR 10 QB 378 Texts Cited: Regina (Crown) Adam Michael Cranston (Accused) Lauren Anne Cranston (Accused) Dev Menon (Accused) Jason Cornell Onley (Accused) Patrick Willmott (Accused) Category: Procedural rulings Parties: 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) RL Seiden SC with WR Johnson (Jason Onley) L Brasch (Patrick Willmott)