1.5 CPD Units in Professional Skills
Intervention Orders – application, defence and pets, a basic guide
Aimed at: basic to intermediate level
Date: Thursday 24 June 2021, 5pm – 6.30 pm
Chair: Chris Boundy, Manager Access Services, Legal Services Commission SA
Applications: Catherine Coleiro and Danielle Stopp – WDVCAS
- What is abuse
- The blend of civil and criminal rules
- Process
- Interstate and foreign orders
Defence: Yiannis Roubos – Northern Community Legal Service
- Intervention orders from the defence perspective
- What a typical defendant has to lose if the order is put in place
- A short analysis of cases that demonstrate the need for defendants to receive appropriate legal advice and representation
- Revocation
Pets: Ronan O’Brien, Flinders University / Animal Law Committee
- Pets and violence as the law stands now
- Statutes Amendment (Animal Welfare Reforms) Bill 2020