- CPD Points: 1 [PS] [SL]
- Price: $77.00
- Area: Courts and Tribunals; Criminal Law; Litigation
- Delivered: February 2023
Digital Content
- Recording
- Paper (27 pages)
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Description
Join His Honour Justice Michael Brett, Supreme Court of Tasmania and Linda Mason SC, Deputy Director, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in a presentation given at the Criminal Law Conference 2023. In this session His Honour Justice Brett will cover some legal aspects of tendency evidence and uncharged acts; and Linda Mason SC will consider the practical implications of the same.
Some of the matter discuss include:
- The relationship between uncharged acts and tendency evidence.
- State of mind and tendency evidence.
- Significant probative value.
- Uncharged acts in sexual crime cases.
- By itself or having regard to other evidence.
- CPD Points: 1 [PS] [SL]
- Price: $77.00
- Area: Courts and Tribunals; Criminal Law; Litigation
- Delivered: February 2023
Digital Content
- Recording
- Paper (27 pages)
To purchase login below
Description
Join His Honour Justice Michael Brett, Supreme Court of Tasmania and Linda Mason SC, Deputy Director, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in a presentation given at the Criminal Law Conference 2023. In this session His Honour Justice Brett will cover some legal aspects of tendency evidence and uncharged acts; and Linda Mason SC will consider the practical implications of the same.
Some of the matter discuss include:
- The relationship between uncharged acts and tendency evidence.
- State of mind and tendency evidence.
- Significant probative value.
- Uncharged acts in sexual crime cases.
- By itself or having regard to other evidence.
The Honourable Justice Michael Brett, Judge, Supreme Court of Tasmania
About the Presenter:
The Hon Justice Michael Brett was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania in July 2016. Justice Brett commenced working in Queensland as a solicitor in 1980 and then as a barrister. After relocating to Tasmania in 1993 he practised as a legal practitioner in a private firm and then practised at the independent bar until his appointment as a magistrate.
Linda Mason SC, Deputy Director, Department of Public Prosecutions
About the Presenter:
Ms Linda Mason SC has been the Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions since 2016. Ms Mason completed a combined Science and Law degree at the University of Tasmania. She was admitted to practice in 1994. She has practised in the area of criminal law for in excess of 20 years including prosecuting summary and indictable crime and appeals before the Court of Criminal Appeal, with particular expertise in the prosecution of sexual assault crimes and crimes of violence. She is responsible for overseeing and mentoring the professional staff of the Office of the DPP. Ms Mason was appointed a Crown Law Officer in 2010 and appointed a Senior Counsel in April 2018. She is a member of the Sentencing Advisory Council of Tasmania and the Board of Legal Education and sits on the Mental Health Tribunal.
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