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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
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
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
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
Confiscating Mobile Phones and 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
Presented by Dan Rogers, Legal Director, Robertson O’Gorman
CPD Mandatory Core Areas for Criminal Lawyers
Practice Management and Business Skills
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Managing the Client Relationship
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
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:
Presented by Glen Cranny, Managing Director, Gilshenan & Luton Legal Practice; Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law