Criminal Law Conference papers

Keynote address – Capuchin Monkeys, Henry VII, Rock Stars and Legal Aid

The Honourable Justice Hament Dhanji SC, Supreme Court of New South Wales

• Keynote address – Capuchin Monkeys, Henry VII, Rock Stars and Legal Aid slide show (PPTX, 24.4 mb)
• Keynote address transcript (PDF, 254 kb)

Coercive control: Defending and prosecuting the new abusive behaviour towards intimate partners offence – A panel

Hayley Dean, Solicitor Advocate, Legal Aid NSW
Madeleine Avenell SC, NSW Deputy Senior Public Defender
Michelle England, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions

• Coercive control: Defending and prosecuting the new abusive behaviour towards intimate partners offence – A panel slide show (PPTX, 173 kb)

Criminal Law Update

Richard Wilson SC, NSW Deputy Senior Public Defender

• Criminal Law Update paper (PDF, 1.2 mb)

A Practical Guide to Unlawful Arrests

Isaac Morrison, Solicitor Advocate, Legal Aid NSW

• Defending the Right to Personal Liberty: A Practical Guide to Unlawful Arrests paper (PDF, 383 kb)
• Defending the Right to Personal Liberty: A Practical Guide to Unlawful Arrests slide show (PPTX, 10.2 mb)

Prosecutorial disclosure

Georgia Lewer, Barrister, Forbes Chambers
Emmanuel Kerkyasharian, Barrister, Forbes Chambers
Katrina Curry, Barrister, Seventh Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers
Diane Elston, Senior Solicitor, Legal Aid NSW

• Paper (to be available soon)

Drug Court: Get out of gaol free card?

Tamara Grennan, Senior Solicitor, Sydney Drug Court team, Legal Aid NSW
Tamika Carberry, Senior Solicitor, Sydney Drug Court team, Legal Aid NSW

• Drug Court: Get out of gaol free card? slide show (PPTX, 525 kb)
• Podcast episode (part 1) (to be available soon)
• Podcast episode (part 2) (to be available soon)

Justice Health NSW – Patient Journeys

Craig Cooper, Service Director, Drug & Alcohol, Justice Health NSW
Dr Katerina Lagios, Drug & Alcohol Co-Clinical Director, Justice Health NSW

• Justice Health NSW – Patient Journeys slide show (PPTX, 19.5 mb)
• Connections program brochure (PDF, 259 kb)

Fitness issues in the Local & District Courts

Nicholas Broadbent, NSW Public Defender
Steven Wright, Associate Director, Legal Aid NSW

• Fitness issues in the Local & District Courts slide show (PPTX, 113 kb)

Consent reforms in NSW – 2 years on

Dr Julia Quilter, Professor, School of Law, University of Wollongong
Cara Feiner, NSW Public Defender

• Consent reforms in NSW – 2 years on slide show (PPTX, 316 kb)

Ethical hypotheticals

Sarah Talbert, NSW Public Defender

• Ethical nightmares – Tales from the Public Defenders slide show (PPTX, 1.6 mb)

Sexual Assault Communications Privilege – Balancing Public Interests

Vanya Hampel, Principal Solicitor, SCT Lawyers
Robyn Gilbert, Senior Solicitor, SACP Service, Legal Aid NSW

• Sexual Assault Communications Privilege summary (PDF, 79 kb)
• Sexual Assault Communications Privilege – Balancing Public Interests slide show (PPTX, 77 kb)

Pleas and Traversals

Will Tuckey, Barrister, Samuel Griffith Chambers

• Pleas and Traversals paper (PDF, 971 kb)

Intensive Correction Orders & Sentencing in 2024

Eugene Renard, Barrister, Samuel Griffith Chambers

• Intensive Correction Orders & Sentencing in 2024 paper (PDF, 255 kb)
• Intensive Correction Orders & Sentencing in 2024 slide show (PPTX, 1.1 mb)

Best Practice Standards for representing First Nations clients & how to put these into practice

Lauren Davies, Senior Solicitor, Aboriginal Services branch, Legal Aid NSW
Emma Hudson-Buhagiar, Senior Solicitor, Walama team, Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT)

• Best Practice Standards for representing First Nations clients & how to put these into practice slide show (PPTX, 2.1 mb)

Cost applications for Legal Aid clients in a post-Rodden world

William Calokerinos, Barrister, Two Wentworth Chambers
Rajiv Baldeo, Barrister, Seventh Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers
Sonya Chidiac, Senior Solicitor, Legal Costs, In House Counsel, Legal Aid NSW

• Cost applications for Legal Aid clients in a post-Rodden world paper (PDF, 206 kb)
• Annexure 1: Costs applications by criminal defence lawyers (PDF, 832 kb)
• Annexure 2: Criminal costs recovery checklists (PDF, 141 kb)

Applications for the Child Protection Register and Child Protection Prohibition Orders

Bridget Kennedy, Barrister, Samuel Griffith Chambers

• Applications for the Child Protection Register and Child Protection Prohibition Orders slide show (PPTX, 18.1 mb)
  
• Paper (to be available soon)

Unacceptable risk cases: the intersection of family law and criminal law

Peace Decle, Barrister, Commercial Bank Chambers.

• Unacceptable risk cases paper (PDF)
• Unacceptable risk cases slide show (PPTX)

Taking your cue from the clues: Identifying mental illness and / or cognitive problems and how to communicate effectively

Professor David Greenberg, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist
Dr Gordon Elliott, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist
Ashanti Tong, Clinical Nurse Consultant – Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network.

• Taking your cue from the clues slide show (PPTX)

Criminal Law update

Nathan Steel, NSW Public Defender.

• Criminal Law update paper (PDF)
• Criminal Law update slide show (PPTX)

Psychology and Criminal Law: Making the best of an imperfect fit

Patrick Sheehan, Forensic Psychologist and Managing Director, Big Picture Psychology.

• Psychology and Criminal Law slide show (PPTX)

Emerging Technologies in the Criminal Justice System

Edward Santow, Co-Director, Human Technology Institute, Industry Professor – Responsible Technology, UTS
Linda Przhedetsky, Associate Professor, Human Technology Institute.

• Emerging Technologies slide show (PPTX)

Vicarious trauma: The good, the bad and what to do about it

Melissa Harries, Registered Psychologist, Mindset Psychology.

• Vicarious trauma slide show (PPTX)

What does the Child Sexual Assault Evidence Scheme mean for me?

Sharyn Hall SC, Barrister, Samuel Griffiths Chambers.

• What does the Child Sexual Assault Evidence Scheme mean for me slide show (PPTX)

Recent Developments in the Sentencing of Commonwealth Offenders

Troy Anderson SC, NSW Deputy Senior Public Defender.

• Recent Developments slide show (PPTX)

Judicial Bullying: Sticks and Stones…

Kate Eastman AM SC, New Chambers.

• Judicial Bullying paper (PDF)

• Keynote – When an accused goes into evidence
• Consent reforms in NSW
• Criminal Law update
• ‘It’s the hope that kills you’ – General advocacy tips for list lawyers
• The Walama List & Cultural Healing
• EAGP practice issues
• A guide to representing children facing criminal charges for duty lawyers

• Understanding and working with sexual abuse: impact on client, community and professionals
• NSW Drug Court – Referrals to the Cumpolsory Drug Treatment
• NSW Drug Court – Referrals
• Ethics for Criminal Lawyers
• Child protection legislation – 'Unscrambling the omelette'
• Child protection legislation – Resource
• Tailoring orders for Aboriginal people
• Section 58 limitation on Local Court imposing consecutive sentences, and late elections
• Costs in criminal proceedings
• The plea of guilty: a guide to issues arising from pleas of convenience and plea traversals

• Conference opening – Annmarie Lumsden
• Keynote – Her Excellency The Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC, Governor of NSW
• Legal Aid NSW: aiding the individual, the judiciary and the development of criminal law
• Ethics: some practical scenarios paper
• Ethics: some practical scenarios slides
• Questioning witnesses – to put or not to put

• Criminal law update 2021 paper
• Criminal law update 2021 slides
• What’s new with section 32? Diversion under the new Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020
• The new mental health legislation paper
• The new mental health legislation slides
• Context evidence - how does that get in?
• Police torts
• Intensive Correction Orders, revocation and the State Parole Authority
• Forum for private solicitors
  
• Private Lawyer Quality Standards Unit (PLQS) presentation