Sentencing: Critical Issues and Recent Cases
There are countless complex factors involved in sentencing, so it is critical that you are up to date on the latest sentencing trends in court. This dynamic program scrutinizes mental health issues, gives you the necessary updates on recent sentencing decisions and analyses the practical issues involved in sentencing. Join our panel of experts who will guide you through this crucial and often delicate area of criminal law. 2111W08
Description
Attend and earn 3 points in Competency Area 4: Substantive Law
This program is based on WA legislation
Chair: Natasha Stewart, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
2.00pm to 3.00pm Criminal Appeals: Up and Running
- Court of Appeal: criminal matters
- Recent trends and developments
- Significant conviction cases
Presented by Simon Watters, Barrister, Albert Wolff Chambers
3.00pm to 4.00pm Update on Recent Sentencing Decisions: The Facts, Outcomes and Key Takeaways
- Recent, and significant, appellate decisions on sentence
- COVID-19 related charges and relative principles arising out of recent decisions
- The continued impact of mandatory sentencing on sentence outcome
Presented by Chris Townsend, Senior Criminal Lawyer, Timpano Legal
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
4.15pm to 5.15pm Mental Health at Sentencing
- Prospects of rehabilitation
- Objective seriousness and moral culpability
- General deterrence
- Specific deterrence
- Weight of custodial sentence
- Delay in guilty plea
- Practical considerations
Presented by Lindsay Allan-McConchie, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
Presenters
Simon Watters
Simon Watters was first admitted to practise in 1990 and has practised as a barrister at the independent bar for 19 of those 23 years. He holds an LLM from King's College London and, in his time at the bar in both England (5 years) and Australia, has regularly appeared as trial counsel for both the prosecution and defence. Practising predominantly now in the appellate jurisdiction, Simon has appeared as counsel (as at November 2013) in over 330 appeals, of which 36 have been reported.
Chris Townsend
Chris is a Senior Lawyer at Timpano Legal, representing clients in criminal matters in all jurisdictions. Prior to this he worked in a suburban law firm for 7 years. He holds an LLM, specialising in Criminal Practice, and is an Adjunct Lecturer at the College of Law. He is on the appeals panel for Legal Aid, representing clients in appeals against sentence and conviction.
Natasha Stewart
Natasha Stewart practices primarily in Criminal Law and Advocacy as well as all aspects of Family Law and Violence Restraining Orders. She also regularly prosecutes on behalf of WA police. She is a guest lecturer in Advocacy at the Perth College of Law. Her experience includes:- working for Aboriginal Legal Services in Katherine in the Northern Territory, as a Senior Legal Officer with the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions in Canberra and ACT and defence counsel in the Public Defender's office in Honiara in the Solomon Islands - where she represented senior figures from the Guadalcanal Liberation Front in long running murder trials.
Testimonials
“The presenters all clearly were well informed and all were successful in making their presentations informative yet interesting”
“Excellent. Good content and applicable to 'everyday' practice”
Venue
Parmelia Hilton
Level 1, Meeting Room, 14 Mill Street
Perth 6000
WA
Australia
Directions
Nearby Public Transport:
Train Stations - The Esplanade Station
Bus Interchange - St Georges Terrace Cloisters Green
Parking information
Parmilia Hilton - Valet Parking only - Click here to view rates.
Convention Centre - 100 metres from Parmelia Hilton. Click here to view rates.