Criminal Law: Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
OND233W054
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Competency Area 4: Substantive Law
This program is based on WA legislation
12.15pm to 1.15pm Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
- Process and procedure of application, objection, mentions and final order hearings
- Critical early actions for applicant and respondent
- Negotiation strategies at the different stages of proceedings
- Leading evidence at final order hearings
- Costs and the various outcomes
- The relationship with family law proceedings
- Mythbusting the intersection between Family Violence Restraining Orders and Family Law
Presented by David Bodeker, Barrister, Equus Chambers and Katherine Bromfield, Legal Practitioner Director, Bromfield Family Law
Presenters
David Bodeker
Before Law, David was a journalist, completing a cadetship and working at The West Australian for five years as reporter and columnist. As a courts reporter, he became captivated by the jab, parry and uppercut of criminal advocacy and decided to leave journalism and study law. David worked for 14 years at Legal Aid WA exclusively in criminal law. He developed a keen interest in the intersection of mental impairment and criminal culpability, worked in policy/management and senior lawyer positions, and lived and worked for LAWA in the Pilbara and Kimberley regions. He still thrives on regional work and heads north for work or play whenever he can. In 2009 David established his own practice, David Bodeker Barrister & Solicitor, to focus on his first love: persuasive criminal advocacy, as both prosecuting and defence counsel. He has also enjoyed his quickly growing body of violence restraining order work, and working within the complicated and fast-changing area of family violence laws.
Katherine Bromfield
Katherine Bromfield is an experienced family lawyer and Director of Bromfield Family Law. Katherine represents clients in respect of parenting and financial issues arising from separation and the associated proceedings in the Family Court of Western Australia and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. Katherine has a special interest in family violence, in particular the dynamics of coercive control and systems abuse, and regularly appears in restraining order proceedings in the Magistrates Court of WA. Katherine’s practice also extends to the Protection and Care jurisdiction of the Children’s Court of WA, representing respondent parents and foster parents. Katherine completed her Articled Clerkship and found her feet as a junior lawyer at Legal Aid WA, gaining experience in both criminal law and family law, then worked at a number of different private family law firms before starting her own family law practice in 2020. Family law disputes damage families and Katherine is committed to finding alternative pathways to litigation and practical solutions which allow families to move forward. Katherine is trained in mediation and collaboration and is currently serving as Vice President of Collaborative Professionals WA.