Criminal Law Conference
Issues covered include: domestic violence, family violence, admissibility, bad character, crown witness, media strategies, media comments, mobile phones, computers, search warrant, police seizing, sentencing advisory counsel, managing clients' expectations, difficult clients, committal hearing, ethics for criminal lawyers, ethical issues
Description
Join a panel of accredited specialist and leading barristers while you catch up on precisely what you need to know to keep your practice at the forefront of success. From sentencing advisory to confiscation of assets to media to practice and procedure in the courtroom, you’ll leave equipped with the information and skills your clients will expect of you. Plus, gain your CPD mandatory core area units while exploring issues of paramount relevance to criminal practitioners.
Attend and earn 7 CPD units including:
4 units in Legal Knowledge
1 unit in Practical Legal Ethics
1 unit in Practice Management and Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills
This conference was recorded in QLD on 22 March 2019
Session 1
Critical Issues Beyond the Act
Chair: Rebecca Fogerty, Partner, Jasper Fogerty Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law
9.00am to 10.00am: New Developments in Domestic and Family Violence; The Criminal Context
- Legislative changes
- Costs
- Recent cases
Presented by Kylie Hillard, Barrister, Griffith Chambers
10.00am to 11.00am: Admissibility and Proof of the Bad Character of Crown Witnesses
Presented by Eoin Mac Giolla Ri, Barrister, Griffith Chambers
11.00am to 11.15am Morning Tea
11.15am to 12.30pm: Crime and Media
- Examine appropriate media strategies for defence lawyers at various stages of the court process
- Navigating the Investigation stage
- The pros and cons of making media comments, particularly where the police are running a particular case in the media
Confiscating Mobile Phones and Computers
- The law and practice in relation to police seizing both mobile phones and computers under search warrant and, particularly with mobile phones, from people on the street
- The law as to the circumstances when a passcode is required to be given to police
- The law and practice of search warrants particularly in relation to police seizing computers which are required for business purposes
- Strategies to deal with police unjustifiably holding seized computers
Presented by Terry O’Gorman, Senior Consultant, Robertson O’Gorman; Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law; Preeminent Criminal Defence Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2018
12.30pm to 1.15pm: Update on the Work of QLD Sentencing Advisory Counsel
- Community education of sentencing
- Sentencing for child homicide review
- Review of sentencing options for Court
Presented by Dan Rogers, Legal Director, Robertson O’Gorman
Session 2
CPD Mandatory Core Areas for Criminal Lawyers
Practice Management and Business Skills
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Managing the Client Relationship
- Managing clients’ expectations on issues ranging from fees to penalties
- Dealing with difficult clients
- Efficient management of a client’s file
Presented by Cameron Browne, Director, Potts Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law
Professional Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Appearing at a Committal Hearing: Strategies and Procedures
- The purpose and function of committals
- Pre-Committal tasks: particulars, disclosure and client instructions
- Committal strategy: the effect of 110B of the Justices Act and the ‘No Case’ Submission
- Remedies for a deficient committal: rights of review and Basha inquiries
Presented by Andrew Hoare, Barrister, Inns of Court
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Practical Legal Ethics
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Ethical Essentials for Criminal Practice: Practicalities and Peculiarities
Delve into some of the key ethical issues peculiar to criminal practice that you must master if you want to steer clear of ethical maelstroms. Take a practical, hands-on look at issues such as:
- Starting out on the right foot
- Taking instructions: avoiding the pitfalls
- Dealing with experts: the tricky grey areas
- Preparing for trial ethically and efficiently
Presented by Glen Cranny, Managing Director, Gilshenan & Luton Legal Practice; Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law