Early Appropriate Guilty Pleas

The EAGP Scheme - Traps, Tactics and Ethics for Defence Lawyers (PDF, 414.7 KB), by Richard Wilson (March 2024) - Updated

Table of Common Charge Options

The Table of Common Charge Options (PDF, 1.3 MB) sets out hundreds of common charges across different categories including sexual, drug, theft, violence and public justice offences. It is in the form of a "ready reckoner" showing alternative offences, maximum penalties, standard non-parole periods, whether the offence is strictly indictable, Table 1, Table 2 or summary and whether the offence is an index offence under the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 or a registrable offence under the Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000.

Further reading

• Early Guilty Pleas: A New Ball Game, by Mark Ierace SC, Senior Public Defender (PDF, 1.4 MB)
• Local Court Practice Note for Committal Proceedings (PDF, 161.9 KB)
• The DPP/Police Protocol (PDF, 379.0 KB)

Model Explanations to clients

• EAGP s.72(2) Note to Practitioners (PDF, 102.1 KB)
• EAGP s.72(2) Explanation if caps apply (PDF, 112.6 KB)
• EAGP s.72(2) Explanation if no caps apply (PDF, 81.1 KB)
  
• 2nd Reading speech: Justice Legislation Amendment (Committals and Guilty Pleas) Bill 2017 (PDF, 165.3 KB)
• Best Practice Guide to Case Conferencing (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Legal Aid NSW has further Early Appropriate Guilty Pleas material, including an explanatory paper, on their website.