R v BB (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 1087

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v BB (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 1087 Hearing dates: 14 – 20 August 2019 Date of orders: 22 August 2019 Decision date: 22 August 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Rothman J Decision: Rulings in accordance with reasons Catchwords: PRACTICE and PROCEDURE – opening in document case – bundle for jury – Crown permitted to tender or mark bundle and provide to jury EVIDENCE – Business documents – provenance – obtained on search warrant from premises of accused and co-accused – each a representation or employee of business of which the document was a record EVIDENCE – relevance – discussed in context of highly circumstantial Crown case Legislation Cited: Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 (Cth) Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions – Iran) Regulations 2008 (Cth) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Ahern v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 87; [1988] HCA 39 Carr v Baker (1936) SR (NSW) 301 Elomar v R [2014] NSWCCA 303 Fabre v Arenales (1992) 27 NSWLR 437; 15 MVR 303 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298; [1959] HCA 8 Jones v Sutherland Shire Council (1979) 2 NSWLR 206; 40 LGRA 323 Martin v Osborne (1936) 55 CLR 367; [1936] HCA 23 Meissner v The Queen (1994-1995) 184 CLR 132; [1995] HCA 41 Morgan v Babcock & Wilcox Ltd (1929) 43 CLR 163; [1929] HCA 25 National Australia Bank Ltd v Rusu (1999) 47 NSWLR 309; [1999] NSWSC 539 New South Wales Crime Commission v Cassar [2012] NSWSC 1170 R v BB [2019] NSWSC 1054 Roach v R [2019] NSWCCA 160 The Queen v Baden-Clay (2016) 258 CLR 308; [2016] HCA 35 The Queen v Bauer (2018) 92 ALJR 846; [2018] HCA 40 Tripodi v The Queen (1961) 104 CLR 1; [1961] HCA 22 Tsang v DPP (Cth) (2011) 219 A Crim R 304; [2011] VSCA 336 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Regina (Crown) BB (a pseudonym) (Accused) Representation: Counsel: M McHugh SC / A McGrath (Crown) S Pararajasingham (Accused)