Legal Aid NSW Criminal Law Division
Criminal Law updates, matters of relevance and interest to lawyers who practice in criminal law.
Episodes
Thursday Nov 15, 2018
Prosecution Disclosure (and non-disclosure) in Criminal Matters
Thursday Nov 15, 2018
Thursday Nov 15, 2018
In this episode Legal Aid Solicitor Kate Bleasel interviews Felicity Graham, Barrister at Black Chambers, about prosecution disclosure and non-disclosure in criminal matters. The associated papers are also available on this channel.
Thursday Nov 15, 2018
Thursday Nov 15, 2018
This paper, written by Barrister's Felicity Graham and Stephen Lawrence, discusses the following in relation to disclosure obligations in criminal maters:
1. Common law principles governing disclosure in criminal matters.
2. Legislation provisions and their different effects.
3. Various sources of policy, practice and procedure that operate in addition to common law and statute which also work to ensure appropriate disclosure occurs.
5. Various mechanisms available to accused persons to obtain or compel disclosure.
6. The approach of appellate courts when a failure of disclosure is raised on appeal against conviction.
7. The use of subpoenas as a mechanism to obtain relevant material in criminal proceedings.
Thursday Nov 15, 2018
Understanding Prosecution Disclosure Obligations by Emma Bayley, Solicitor
Thursday Nov 15, 2018
Thursday Nov 15, 2018
In this paper, solicitor Emma Bayley reviews the nature and scope of the disclosure obligations of the prosecution, for a better understanding by both prosecutors and defence.
Friday Oct 26, 2018
Social Media Evidence; Part 1
Friday Oct 26, 2018
Friday Oct 26, 2018
Aaron Tang, Senior Solicitor at Legal Aid NSW and Simon Healy, Barrister at Samuel Griffiths Chambers, present 2 comprehensive episodes on Social Media Evidence. In this Part Aaron and Simon address the following; 1: Police use of social media 2: Defence response 3: Admissibility.
Friday Oct 26, 2018
Social Media Evidence; Part 2
Friday Oct 26, 2018
Friday Oct 26, 2018
Following on from Part 1 in the two series on Social Media Evidence, in this episode Aaron Tang and Simon Healy cover; 4: Identification 5: Defence use of social media.
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Early Appropriate Guilty Plea (EAGP) Law Reform; Episode 1
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Friday Jun 29, 2018
In a 5 part series, the Early Appropriate Guilty Plea Implementation Team at Legal Aid NSW will take you through an explanation of the EAGP reforms. In these episodes, the team will refer you to the relevant legislation, operational aspects of the reform and tips for practioners on how to deal with EAGP matters.
In this episode the team discusses the following:
1. The case for change; what led to the EAGP Reforms
2. An outline of the EAGP committal process
3. How the reforms apply to criminal matters
4. Antipipated court timeframes for new committal matters.
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Early Appropriate Guilty Plea (EAGP) Law Reform; Episode 2
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Friday Jun 29, 2018
This is the 2nd episode in a 5 part series by the Early Appropriate Guilty Plea Implementation Team at Legal Aid NSW that takes you through an explanation of the EAGP reforms.
In this episode the team discusses steps 1 and 2 of the new EAGP committal process:
1. Early Disclosure
2. Charge Certification.
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Early Appropriate Guilty Plea (EAGP) Law Reform; Episode 3
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Friday Jun 29, 2018
This is the 3rd episode in a 5 part series by the Early Appropriate Guilty Plea Implementation Team at Legal Aid NSW that takes you through an explanation of the EAGP reforms.
In this episode the team discusses steps 3 and 4 of the new EAGP committal process:
3. Case conferencing
4. Case conferencing certificates.
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Early Appropriate Guilty Plea (EAGP) Law Reform; Episode 4
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Friday Jun 29, 2018
This is the 4th episode in a 5 part series by the Early Appropriate Guilty Plea Implementation Team at Legal Aid NSW that takes you through an explanation of the EAGP reforms.
In this episode the team discusses committal procedures including:
Witness hearings
Fitness issues
The process of committal for trial and sentence.
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Early Appropriate Guilty Plea (EAGP) Law Reform; Episode 5
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Friday Jun 29, 2018
This is the final episode in a 5 part series by the Early Appropriate Guilty Plea Implementation Team at Legal Aid NSW that takes you through an explanation of the EAGP reforms.
In this episode the team discusses the new statutory sentence discount scheme.