New Updates on Youth Justice: Changes to Youth Justice Act, Bench Perspective, Pre-Trial Matters & Sentencing Issue: Representing Children in the Supreme Court: Pre-Trial Issues and Sentencing
Interested in the latest in youth justice? Attend these 3 all-encompassing hour-long sessions either online or on demand. Navigate the intricacies of representing children in the Supreme Court, enhancing your understanding of pre-trial issues, applications for judge-alone trials, and sentencing considerations. WEB245Q01C
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Legal Knowledge
This program is based on QLD legislation
Chair: Nick Dore, Managing Director, Fisher Dore Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law; Preeminent Criminal Defence Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide, 2022
1.30pm to 2.30pm Representing Children in the Supreme Court: Pre-Trial Issues and Sentencing
- Pre-trial publicity and applications for judge alone trials
- Splitting/joining of adult and juvenile co-offenders and associated issues
- Sentencing: particularly heinous' findings, RJ processes, recent sentence appeals
Presented by Laura Reece, Barrister-At-Law, Halsbury Chambers
Presenters
Nick Dore
Nick was admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2002 after completing a two year articled clerkship in Criminal Law. He then commenced work for a prominent criminal law firm and in 2006 commenced his partnership with Terry Fisher and formed Fisher Dore Lawyers. In 2010, Nick obtained the Highest Achiever award when undertaking the Criminal Law Accredited Specialist assessment in Queensland. He was on the QLS Criminal Law Accredited Specialist committee from 2016 - 2022 including his time as Chair in 2020. He is also a member of the QLS Criminal Law Committee. Nick regularly presents and Chairs seminars relating to criminal law topics. He practises exclusively in Criminal Law.
Laura Reece
Laura Reece worked as an Associate to a judge of the District Court of Queensland in 1996 and 2004 and commenced practice with Legal Aid Queensland in 2005. She was called to the Bar in 2006 and worked for almost ten years as an in-house barrister before commencing private practice in 2017. She has appeared for defendants in criminal courts all over Queensland, including travelling to regional and remote communities. Those experiences, particularly in Central and Far North Queensland, have exposed her to many of the issues of contemporary Indigenous justice, both for defendants and complainants. Laura is an experienced trial and appellate advocate. She has a keen interest in anti-discrimination and sexual harassment law and has significant experience in mental health law. Having come to the law as a means to pursue her commitment to social justice, she has a career-long involvement in policy work and law reform. Laura is a member of the Criminal Law and Human Rights committees of the Bar Association. In that capacity she has drafted or contributed to submissions on most of the major issues in criminal law reform over the past decade.