R v Cranston (No 24) [2023] NSWSC 10

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Cranston (No 24) [2023] NSWSC 10 Hearing dates: 18 January 2023 Date of orders: 18 January 2023 Decision date: 23 January 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Payne JA Decision: Grant jury's request for a copy of the transcript of the summing up. Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – trial – jury – access to transcript – whether to grant jury request for copy of transcript of summing up Legislation Cited: Constitution, s 80 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s 159 Jury Act 1977 (NSW), s 55C Cases Cited: Gilbert v The Queen (2000) 201 CLR 414; [2000] HCA 15 Parhizkar v R (2014) 88 NSWLR 647; [2014] NSWCCA 240 R v Bartle (2003) 181 FLR 1; [2003] NSWCCA 329 R v BB (No 5) [2019] NSWSC 1393 R v Medich (No 24) [2017] NSWSC 293 R v Perish; R v Lawton; R v Perish [2011] NSWSC 1155 R v Rogers (No 8) [2019] NSWSC 690 R v Sukkar [2005] NSWCCA 54 R v Taousanis (1999) 146 A Crim R 303; [1999] NSWSC 107 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Regina (Crown) Adam Michael Cranston (Accused) Lauren Anne Cranston (Accused) Jason Cornell Onley (Accused) Dev Menon (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)