R v Cranston (No 20) [2022] NSWSC 1578

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Cranston (No 20) [2022] NSWSC 1578 Hearing dates: 15 and 17 November 2022 Date of orders: 21 November 2022 Decision date: 21 November 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Payne JA Decision: Application for certificate under s 128 of the Evidence Act (1995) (NSW) is refused Catchwords: EVIDENCE – Privilege – Self-incrimination – application for a certificate – cross-examination of accused giving evidence Legislation Cited: Evidence Amendment Act 2007 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Cases Cited: Cornwell v The Queen (2007) 231 CLR 260; [2007] HCA 12 Texts Cited: Explanatory Note, Evidence Amendment Bill 2007 (NSW) 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) WR Johnson (Jason Onley) L Brasch (Patrick Willmott)

Solicitors: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) One Group Legal (Adam Cranston) Greg Willis Criminal Defence Lawyer (Lauren Cranston) Hardinlaw (Dev Menon) Pure Legal (Jason Onley) The Defenders (Patrick Willmott) File Number(s): 2017/148697; 2017/148185; 2017/148776; 2017/149208; 2020/115291 Publication restriction: Not to be published other than to the parties until after the trials of each of the accused are completed.