Papers by Public Defenders

Advocacy

• Advocacy Roles in Criminal Hearings, by Craig Smith SC (2014) [PPT, 268Kb]         

• Preparing a Client for Cross Examination, by the late Anthony Parker (mid-late 1990s) [PDF, 209KB]

• Ten Commandments of Evidence in Chief, by Peter Berman SC (2002) [Word doc, 55Kb] 

• The Use of Documents in Cross-Examination and Examination in Chief in Criminal Trials, by Dina Yehia SC (2010) [Word doc, 128Kb] 

Appeals

• Advising on Merit Appeals: The Reasonable Prospect of Success, by Chris Craigie SC (2004) [Word doc, 68Kb] 

• Appeals from the Local Court to the Supreme Court, by Andrew Haesler SC (2005) [Word doc, 56Kb] 

• Appeals to the District Court: Practical Matters, by Craig Smith SC (2015) [PDF, 233Kb]    

• The Crown Appeals Virus: Prevention and Cure, by Chris Craigie SC (2005, updated August 2007) [Word doc, 108Kb]    
  

Complicity 

• Criminal Responsibility (Joint & Accessorial Liability), by Craig Smith SC and Jennifer Wheeler (2018) [PDF, 132Kb]   

• Joint Criminal Enterprise, by Belinda Rigg SC (2018) [PDF 145Kb]

Criminal Law Update Papers

• Criminal Law Update 2018, by Belinda Rigg SC [870Kb]
  

• Court of Criminal Appeal Update: Review of 2017, by Peter McGrath SC [PDF 422 Kb]     

• Court of Criminal Appeal Update: Review of 2016,  by Peter McGrath SC [PDF 550Kb[
  

• Court of Criminal Appeal Update: Review of 2015-2016, by Chrissa Loukas SC (2016) [PDF, 626Kb]

• Court of Criminal Appeal: Stop Press Update of 2015, by Richard Wilson [PDF,247Kb]
  

Defences

• Self-defence Frequently Asked Questions, by Tom Quilter (2019) [PDF, 599Kb]

DNA

• DNA in Court: its Use and Misuse, by Andrew Haesler SC (revised - Sept 2008) [Word doc, 93Kb] 

• DNA in the Local Court, by Andrew Haesler SC (2009) [Word doc, 62Kb] 

• DNA in the Local Court - the CSI Effect, by Andrew Haesler SC (2010) [Word doc, 71Kb] 

• DNA Evidence Considered, by Brian Hancock (2009) [Word doc, 43Kb] 

• DNA for Defence Lawyers, by Andrew Haesler SC (2005) [Word doc, 90Kb]

Evidence

• Admissibility of Admissions - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, by Dina Yehia SC (2012) [PDF, 237KB]

• Excluding Evidence of Admissions, by Dina Yehia SC (2010) [Word doc, 108Kb] 

• Expert Evidence, by Dina Yehia SC (2013) [PDF, 155KB]

• Lay Opinion Evidence, by Brian Hancock (2009, revised 2014) [PDF, 128Kb] 

• Recent Evidence Case Law from the CCA and the High Court of Australia, by Sophia Beckett (2016) [PDF, 166Kb]

• Recent Evidence Case Law - Extracted Sections, by Sophia Beckett (2016) [PDF, 312Kb]  

• Res Gestae and Transactional Evidence, by Chrissa Loukas (2008) [Word doc, 53Kb] 

• Sexual Assault Communications Privilege, by Ian Nash (2014)[PDF 176Kb]   Annexure [PDF 277Kb]
  

• Tendency and Coincidence Evidence: Admitting Evidence Arising from Prior Acquittals, by Michael P King (2019) [195Kb]

• Tendency and Coincidence Evidence: Update on Admissibility and use of Tendency Evidence in Child Sexual Assault Matters, by Stuart Bouveng  (2019) [168Kb]

• The Use of Documents in Cross-Examination and Examination in Chief in Criminal Trials, by Dina Yehia SC (2010) [Word doc, 128Kb] 

• Using the Evidence Act for the Defence, by Andrew Haesler SC (2010) [Word doc, 386Kb] 

Evidence: Hearsay Evidence

• Aspects of Hearsay Evidence, by Anthony Cook (2007) [Word doc, 70Kb] 

• The Hearsay Rule in the Children's Court, by Andrew Haesler SC (2009) [Word doc, 47Kb] 

• The Rule Against Hearsay, by John Stratton SC (2007) [Word doc, 82Kb]

Legislation

• Reforms to the Criminal Justice System, by Sophia Beckett (2018) [PDF 556Kb]

Mental Health

• Appearing for the mentally impaired: Not guilty mental illness, by Sophia Beckett (2018) [PDF, 382Kb] 

• Applying the Amended Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 and Rethinking the Defence of Mental Illness, by John Feneley (2009) [Word doc, 55Kb]  

• Ethics and the Mentally Impaired, by Chris Bruce SC (2011) [PDF, 50kb]    

• Fitness to be Tried, by Mark Ierace SC (2010) [Word doc, 62Kb] 

• Mental Health and the Law, by Craig Smith (2013) (PDF, 75KB)

• Mental Health and the Law (Powerpoint), by Craig Smith (2013) (PDF, 68KB)

• People with Cognitive and Mental Health Problems in the Criminal Justice System - Public Defenders Response, by Mark Ierace SC (2010) [Word doc, 198Kb] 

Procedure

• Child Sexual Offence Evidence Pilot, by Craig Smith SC (2016) [PDF, 566KB]     

• Early Guilty Pleas: A New Ball Game, by Mark Ierace SC (2018) [PDF, 260Kb]  

• Pleas of Convenience, Charge Negotiation and Other Ethical Conundrums under the EAGP scheme, by Richard Wilson (2019)
  

• Prejudicial and Adverse Publicity (Dealing with) 2018, by Craig Smith SC and Jennifer Wheeler (2018)[PDF, 208Kb]  
  

• Trials in NSW by Judge Alone: Recent Legislative Changes, by Mark Ierace SC (2011) [PDF, 667KB]     

• Unrepresented Litigants: The Criminal Justice Perspective, by Chris Craigie SC (2005) [Word doc, 68Kb] 

Sentencing

• Purposes of Sentencing - Revised, by Brian Hancock (2016) [PDF, 220Kb]   

• Sentencing Considerations for Commonwealth Offences, by Troy Anderson (2017) [PDF, 402Kb]   

• Sentencing in NSW Drug Supply Matters, by Tom Quilter (2017) [PDF, 391Kb]   

• Sentencing in Serious Criminal Matters, by Eric Wilson (2010) [Word doc, 178Kb] 

• Sentencing in the District Court: Practical Considerations, by John Stratton SC (2007) [Word doc, 57Kb] 

• Sentencing of Juveniles, by Ian Nash (2013) [PDF, 5Mb]

• Sentencing since Muldrock, by Richard Wilson (2013) [PDF, 253Kb]
  

• The Bar Book Project: Presenting Evidence of Disadvanatge, by Sophia Beckett (2019) [166Kb]
  

• The Fernando Principles: The Sentencing of Indigenous Offenders in NSW, by Janet Manuell (2009) [PDF, 232kb] [Paper prepared at request of the NSW Sentencing Council].

Trial Procedure

• Jury Directions in Sexual Assault Trials, by Bill Neild (2017) [PDF, 308Kb] 

• Separate Trial Applications, by Michael King (2015) [Powerpoint, 1Mb]

• Separate Trials - The Rule and the Proviso to the Rule, by Michael King (2015) [PDF, 333Kb]

• Separate Trial Applications - Recent First Instance Decisions, by Michael King (2015) [PDF, 118Kb]

Archived / Historical Papers

Appeals (Archived)

Principles Governing Applications for Leave to Appeal against Sentence, by Anthony Cook (2005) [Word doc, 221Kb]

Complicity (Archived)

Common Purpose and Joint Criminal Enterprise, by Peter Zahra SC (2001) [Word doc, 110Kb]    

Criminal Responsibility 2011, by Craig Smith and Jennifer Wheeler (2011) [PDF, 74Kb]      

Criminal Responsibility under the Law of NSW, by Craig Smith (2011) [PPT, 268Kb]  

Principles of Complicity, by Peter Zahra SC and Jennifer Wheeler (2006) [Word doc, 76Kb] 

Criminal Law Update Papers (Archived)

Children and the High and Supreme Courts 2007-2008, by Andrew Haesler SC (2008) [Word doc, 76Kb] 

Court of Criminal Appeal Sentencing Law Update 2007, by Chrissa Loukas (2008) [Word doc, 236Kb]     

Court of Criminal Appeal Sentencing Law Update 2008, by Chrissa Loukas (2009) [Word doc, 257Kb] 

Court of Criminal Appeal Update: Review of 2009, by Chrissa Loukas (2010) [Word doc, 260Kb] 

Court of Criminal Appeal Update: Review of 2010, by Chrissa Loukas (2011) [Word doc, 299Kb] 

Court of Criminal Appeal Update: Review of 2011, by Chrissa Loukas (2012) [Word doc, 315Kb]   

Court of Criminal Appeal Update: Review of 2012, by Chrissa Loukas SC (2013) [PDF, 341Kb] 

Court of Criminal Appeal Update: Review of 2013, by Chrissa Loukas SC (2014) [PDF, 465Kb] 

Court of Criminal Appeal Update: Review of 2014, by Chrissa Loukas SC (2015) [PDF 1.66Mb]  

Court of Criminal Appeal Update: Review of 2014, by Chrissa Loukas SC - Updated by Richard Wilson  [PDF, 565Kb]

Court of Criminal Appeal Update: Review of 2016-2017: The Story So Far, by Chrissa Loukas SC (2017) [PDF, 587 Kb]  

Defences (Archived)

Current Law on Self Defence, by Peter Zahra SC (2000) [Word doc, 79Kb]

Partial Defences to Murder, by Peter Zahra SC (1999) [Word doc, 85Kb] 

DNA (Archived)

DNA Analysis and Probability, by Peter Zahra SC (2002)[Word doc, 69Kb]

DNA Testing and the New Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act : An Overview, by Andrew Haesler (2003) [Word doc, 63Kb] 

Evidence (Archived)

Confessional Evidence, by Peter Zahra SC (2000) [Word doc, 94Kb] 

Evidence Act - s.165, by Anthony Cook (2003) [Word doc, 34Kb] 

Tendency and Coincidence Evidence, by John Stratton SC (2008, revised September 2008) [Word doc, 99Kb] 

Tendency and Coincidence Evidence, by Dina Yehia (2011) [PDF, 128KB]

Tendency and Coincidence Evidence, by Craig Smith (2013) [PDF, 60KB]

Tendency and Coincidence Evidence, by Craig Smith (2013) [Powerpoint, 716KB]

Tendency and Coincidence Evidence, by Peter McGrath SC (2017) [PDF, 150Kb] 

Legislation (Archived)

Crimes Amendment (Self Defence) Act 2001, by Chrissa Loukas (2002) [Word doc, 24Kb] 

Criminal Law Update, by Helen Cox (2010) [Word doc, 165Kb]              

Legislative Developments in 2004, by Andrew Haesler SC (2005) [Word doc, 25Kb]             

New Bail Laws 2008 - s.22A Bail Act 1978, by Andrew Haezler SC (2008) [Word doc, 43Kb] 

New Criminal Legislation from 2003, by Andrew Haesler (2003) [Word doc, 70Kb] 

New Criminal Legislation from 2004, by Andrew Haesler (2004) [Word doc, 66Kb] 

New Criminal Legislation from 2005, by Andrew Haesler SC (2006) [Word doc, 59Kb] 

New Criminal Legislation from 2006, by Andrew Haesler SC (2007) [Word doc, 61Kb] 

New Criminal Legislation from 2007, by Andrew Haesler SC (2008) [Word doc, 68Kb]             

Recent Developments in Sexual Assault Law, by Dina Yehia (2006, updated October 2007) [Word doc, 112Kb] 

Trials in NSW by Judge Alone: Recent Legislative Changes, by Mark Ierace SC (2011) [PDF, 667KB]

Mental Health (Archived)

Applying the Amended Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990, by Andrew Haesler SC (2009) [Word doc, 53Kb] 

Fitness to be Tried in Superior Courts, by Chris Craigie SC (1997, updated 24.08.2004) [Word doc, 60Kb] 

Sentencing (Archived)

Children and the High and Supreme Courts 2007-2008, by Andrew Haesler SC (2008) [Word doc, 76Kb] 

Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Standard Minimum Sentencing) Act 2002, by Chrissa Loukas (2003) [Word doc, 78Kb] 

Recent Cases on Sentencing, by John Stratton SC (2005) [Word doc, 92Kb] 

Recent Developments in Sentencing, by Belinda Rigg (2006) [Word doc, 109Kb] 

Sentencing Aboriginal Offenders, by Dina Yehia (2004) [Word doc, 70Kb]

Sentencing Children, by Dina Yehia (2007) [Word doc, 64Kb] 

Sentencing Children at Law - 2005, by Andrew Haesler (2005) [Word doc, 67Kb] 

Sentencing Commonwealth Offenders: Some Recent Developments, by Andrew Haesler (2004) [Word doc, 71Kb] 

Sentencing in NSW Drug Supply Matters, by Tom Quilter (2017) [PDF, 391Kb]   

Sentencing Issues 2003, by Andrew Haesler (2003) [Word doc, 86Kb]

Sentencing - Recent Cases and Changes: 2004-2005, by Andrew Haesler SC (2005) [Word doc, 87Kb] 

Sentencing Review: The Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 - 2 years on, by Andrew Haesler (2001) [Word doc, 51Kb] 

Sex and the Modern Criminal Lawyer, by Andrew Haesler SC (2008) [Word doc,  6oKb]   

Standard Non-Parole Periods: A Way Through the Mire, by Robert Hulme SC (2004) [Word doc, 62Kb]

Suspended Sentences: Some Common Questions, by Andrew Haesler SC (2005) [Word doc, 47Kb] 

When Life Means Life, by John Nicholson SC (2000) [Word doc, 78Kb]

Trial Procedure (Archived)

Criminal Law: Pre-trial disclosure imposed on complex criminal trials, by Chrissa Loukas (2003) [Word doc, 46Kb] 

Police Powers, by Andrew Haesler (revised - March 2006) [Word doc, 94Kb]  

Preparation of Criminal Trials for Bega Sittings, by Ron Hoenig (2005) [Word doc, 43Kb] 

The "Right" to Silence - Only Half a Right, by John Nicholson SC (2000) [Word doc, 48Kb] 

The Rule Against Double Jeopardy - Its Tragic Demise in NSW, by Andrew Haesler (2003) [Word doc, 55Kb   

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