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Monday Aug 11, 2025
Monday Aug 11, 2025
An interview with Judy Harper, Program Director and Taylor Budin, lived experience person from Justice Advocacy Service. We deep dive into some wisdoms on how to best engage with people who have a cognitive impairment, the services JAS offer, and how their support can benefit vulnerable clients attending court. You can find out more information about JAS via About JAS - IDRS or access their 24/7 phone line for people in police custody on 1300 665 908.
Sunday Jun 22, 2025
Sunday Jun 22, 2025
Caitlin discusses the law of arrest in State of New South Wales v Dennis [2025] NSWCA 118, consent and intoxication in sex offences in Smee v R [2024] NSWCCA 121, EAGP Discounts in Rokovada v R [2025] NSWCCA 64, Bugmy principles and general deterrence in NK v R [2025] NSWCCA 73 and reducing a sentence for ‘quasi-custody’ in Testici v R [2025] NSWCCA 88.
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Tuesday May 20, 2025
Tuesday May 20, 2025
Welcome to Episode 19 of the 5 cases podcast. In this episode, Caitlin and Sophie discuss :
Complainant demeanour in The King v Ryan Churchill (a pseudonym) [2025] HCA 11.
The High Court weighs in on prosecutorial disclosure in Brawn v The King [2025] HCA 20,
The legal effect of agreements between the Crown and accused in Sayer-Jones v R 2022 NSWCCA 99
An important case on the correct process for managing Sexual Assault Communications Privilege or SACP issues in JK v R [2025] NSWCCA 44;
The relevance (or lack thereof) of the Guideline decision in Ponfield in MacBlane v The King [2025] NSWCCA 52
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Monday May 05, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
'CDTCC is a wonderful tool, in an advocate's toolkit.' Pete Bartels is a senior lawyer and subject matter expert on the CDTCC. He joins Martin Dalitz, senior Drug Court lawyer as they chat about how to get clients accepted, what the program looks like and why it's changing lives.
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
The Aboriginal Service Branch (ASB) has put together a new podcast episode called ‘Your Honour, it’s a cultural thing! Black Letter Lore: Representing Mob with Culture in Mind.’ In this podcast, Director, Kim Hamer, Senior Solicitor Taylah Gray, and Senior Project Officer, Kyle Burgess, unpack the best practices for culturally appropriate representation, the role of Aboriginal Field Officers, and the importance of understanding Indigenous kinship, language, and cultural obligations.
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Paul and Caitlin discuss the High Court’s decision on judicial immunity, the common-law offence of escape, a new case on 22C of the Bail Act, mental health diversion for Commonwealth offences, and the extent of a Children’s Court sentencing powers in the following cases:
Queensland v Mr Stradford (a pseudonym) [2025] HCA 3
Elali v R [2025] NSWCCA 9
R v JS [2025] NSWSC 116
R v Skapik [2025] NSWCCA 19
PD v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2025] NSWSC 16
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
In this episode Sophie and Paul chat with Raelene Sharp KC, about her first year at the CDPP, what solicitors can expect if they work at the CDPP, and 5 Commonwealth cases.
Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Kola [2024] HCA 14 (17 April 2024)
R v Munro [2024] QCA 136 (30 July 2024)
Hurt v The King; Hurt v The King; Delzotto v The King [2024] HCA 8 (13 March 2024)
McGregor v R [2024] NSWCCA 200
The King v Hatahet [2024] HCA 23 (12 June 2024)
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Sophie and Caitlin discuss coercive control, extending AVOs in order to revoke them, the Liberato direction and the assessment of objective seriousness on sentence in the following cases:
Pickford & Pickford [2024] FedCFamC1A 249
Elahmad v R [2024] NSWCCA 250
Commissioner of NSW Police v Murphy [2024] NSWCA 311
Evans v R; Evans v R [2024] NSWCCA 245
JL v R [2024] NSWCCA 246
Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
In this episode, Paul, Caitlin and Sophie have met on Gadigal land to discuss the following cases:
DPP v Smith [2024] HCA 32
BQ v R [2024] HCA 29
R v Fisher [2024] NSWCCA 191
Barker v R [2024] NSWCCA 227
KL [2024] NSWSC 1334
Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
A podcast series by Sophie Anderson, Paul Coady and Caitlin Akthar, with some special guests.
Each episode will summarise 5 cases relevant to criminal lawyers in NSW.
In this episode, Paul, Caitlin and Sophie have met on Gadigal land to discuss the following cases:
R v TW [2024] NSWSC 1504
R v BH [2024] NSWSC 1577
Chiha v R [2024] NSWCCA 222
R v Jones [2024] NSWCCA 236
Vamadevan v The King [2024] NSWCCA 223