• CPD Points: 1 [E] [PS]
  • Price: $77.00
  • Area: Courts and Tribunals; Criminal Law; Legal Skills & Technique; Litigation
  • Delivered: February 2023
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  • Recording
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Description

Garth Stevens, Barrister, Liverpool Chambers and Rochelle Mainwaring, Criminal Practice Manager South, Tasmania Legal Aid present into the Criminal Law Conference 2023 with a session that provides a summary guide of, and a deeper dive (beyond the 101) into the stickier situations that can arise when preparing for a criminal trial. The presenters will pepper this session with their experiences. insights and successful (and not so successful) strategies on how to navigate the critical stages of pre-trial preparation. From this session you will acquire some successful tactics to use in the courtroom; gain strategies from both sides of a case; enhance your critical assessment of the stages of your pre-trial process; and elevate your skills in this critical area. Some of the areas covered in this session include:

  • Consider a Judge alone or Jury trial.
  • Briefing witnesses – is there a need?
  • Understand the Crown case – analyse evidence, identify issues.
  • Requesting further and better particulars.
  • A view – is one needed?
  • Compliance with expert evidence and alibi provisions and what happens if you don’t comply.
  • Identifying weak points of a defence case – have a plan to address them.
  • Legal arguments – are you ready for them?
  • Opening and Closing – what will you say?
  • Intermediaries or interpreters?
  • CPD Points: 1 [E] [PS]
  • Price: $77.00
  • Area: Courts and Tribunals; Criminal Law; Legal Skills & Technique; Litigation
  • Delivered: February 2023
Digital Content
  • Recording
  • No paper

To purchase login below

Description

Garth Stevens, Barrister, Liverpool Chambers and Rochelle Mainwaring, Criminal Practice Manager South, Tasmania Legal Aid present into the Criminal Law Conference 2023 with a session that provides a summary guide of, and a deeper dive (beyond the 101) into the stickier situations that can arise when preparing for a criminal trial. The presenters will pepper this session with their experiences. insights and successful (and not so successful) strategies on how to navigate the critical stages of pre-trial preparation. From this session you will acquire some successful tactics to use in the courtroom; gain strategies from both sides of a case; enhance your critical assessment of the stages of your pre-trial process; and elevate your skills in this critical area. Some of the areas covered in this session include:

  • Consider a Judge alone or Jury trial.
  • Briefing witnesses – is there a need?
  • Understand the Crown case – analyse evidence, identify issues.
  • Requesting further and better particulars.
  • A view – is one needed?
  • Compliance with expert evidence and alibi provisions and what happens if you don’t comply.
  • Identifying weak points of a defence case – have a plan to address them.
  • Legal arguments – are you ready for them?
  • Opening and Closing – what will you say?
  • Intermediaries or interpreters?

Garth Stevens, Barrister, Liverpool Chambers

About the Presenter:

Mr Garth Stevens has extensive experience in Criminal law, having appeared as Defence Counsel in many trials. Garth was admitted in 1996 and worked with the (then) Legal Aid Commission, and ER Henry Wherrett and Benjamin, before becoming a Barrister in 2014. Garth has policy experience in criminal law in service on the Parole Board and Tasmania Law Society's Criminal Law Committee.

Rochelle Mainwaring, Southern Criminal Practice Manager, Tasmania Legal Aid

About the Presenter:

Ms Rochelle Mainwaring was admitted in 1998. She has extensive experience in Criminal law, having appeared as Defence Counsel in many trials. Rochelle has worked at Office of Director of Public Prosecutions and Tasmania Legal Aid, where she is currently Southern Criminal Practice Manager. Rochelle’s policy experience in criminal law through her work with the Sentencing Advisory Council, National Legal Aid Criminal Law Working Group and Tasmania Law Society's Criminal Law Committee.

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