Criminal Law Conference 2021

Criminal Law Conference 2021

Available In-Person and by Webinar!

6 CPD Units including Professional Skill and Standard Units 


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8.30am: Registration

8.45am: Opening and Introduction
Lindy Powell QC – Bar Chambers

9.00am: Appellate advocacy:  challenging the adequacy of reasons for verdict on a trial by Judge alone
Presenter: The Honourable Justice Bleby – Supreme Court of South Australia

10.25am: An analysis of the Pell process and the pending judgment of the Tasmanian CCA in Sue Neill-Fraser’s second Appeal in light of investigatory/disclosure and other failures leading to the urgent need for a Standing Questioned Convictions Commission along the British approach to the investigation of miscarriages of justice
Presenter: Robert Richter QC – Crockett Chambers
Commentator: David Edwardson QC - Bar Chambers


11.25am: The Indigenous Incarceration Explosion: The Failure of the ‘Tough on Crime’ Policy and Where to Now? 
Presenter: Tony McEvoy SC – Frederick Jordan Chambers

1.25pm: Jurisprudence around the admissibility of discreditable conduct evidence in drug cases and generally, the identification of objections to evidence and to Summing Up directions 
Presenters: Marie Shaw QC – Frank Moran Chambers
Kris Handshin QC – Bar Chambers 

2.45pm: Commonwealth Sentencing
Presenters: Chris Kummerow – Edmund Barton Chambers

3.45pm: In the head of a forensic pathologist - and how to read their reports
Presenter: Prof. Carl Winskog

4.40pm - Nathan McArdle - Beyond Bars 

4.55pm - Day Closes -  Networking Drinks
When
10/12/2021 8:45 AM - 4:45 PM
Where
Hilton Hotel 233 Victoria Square ADELAIDE 5000
Online registration not available.

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