Driving Offences: Updates, Procedure and Evidence
Issues covered include: running a defended hearing, unauthorised driving laws, pharmacological evidence, and case update
Description
A successful driving offences practice stands firmly on several pillars. You not only have to be aware of the latest cases, but also intimately understand their impact, what they mean, and how you can leverage them in your client’s favour. You must have unparalleled procedural skills in the courtroom so that you avoid disaster in front of your client and the Bench.
Attend and earn 4 CPD units including:
3 units in Substantive Law
1 unit in Professional Skills
This seminar was recorded in NSW on 22 March 2019
Chair: Peter C Proctor, Solicitor, Proctor and Associates
Professional Skills
9.00am to 10.00am: Running a Defended Hearing in the Local Court
- Preparation for cross examination: where to start
- How to treat driving cases
- How they are different and how they are the same
- Tips and tricks
Presented by Bernard Brassil, Barrister, Newtown Chambers
10.00am to 11.00am: Unauthorised Driving Laws
- Offences
- Penalties
- Preparing for sentence proceedings
- Applications for removal of licence disqualifications
Presented by Karen Espiner, Partner, Younes + Espiner Lawyers, Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law and Diane Elston, Associate, Younes + Espiner Lawyers
11.00 to 11.15am Morning Tea
11.15am to 12.15pm: THE PHARMACOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: Alcohol and Driving and PCA Matters: The Pharmacological Evidence
- Defending PCA Matters: Evidentiary breath analysis
- Alcohol pharmacology
- Breath alcohol concentration at time of driving
Presented by Dr Stuart Anderson, Galbraith Consulting
12.15pm to 1.15pm: Traffic Law Case Update
- The most significant traffic cases of the past year
- The effect of these cases
- How to use these cases to best advise and represent your clients
Presented by Maria Walz, Principal, Maria Walz Legal, Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law