Past Conference Material

2024 conference

• 2024 program (PDF, 113.6 KB)
• The Public Defenders of NSW - An Essential Arm of the Administration of Justice, by Chief Justice Bell (PDF, 2.4 MB)
• ICOs in the DC and Walama List Update, by Judge Hunt (PDF, 384.4 KB)
• Joint Criminal Enterprise, by Justice Adams (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• Local Court Advocacy, by Magistrate Kemp and Michael King (PDF, 161.8 KB)
• How to Instruct and Be Instructed, by Sarah Hedberg and Josh Brock (PDF, 144.8 KB)
• DNA Evidence, by Jae Gerhard (PDF, 7.7 MB)
• Detection of male DNA in the vaginal cavity after digital penetration using Y-Chromosome short tandem repeats, by Jae Gerhard (PDF, 471.4 KB)
• Criminal Law update, by Elizabeth McLaughlin (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• The Prosecutor's duty of disclosure, by Mark Davies (PDF, 322.5 KB)

2023 conference

• 2023 program (PDF, 135.3 KB)
• The Walama Court, by Justice D Yehia (PDF, 2.0 MB)
• Dealing with s38 of the Evidence Act, by Tony Evers (PDF, 350.5 KB)
• The Curse of the Uncooperative Crown Witness, by Tony Evers (PDF, 132.8 KB)
• Bugmy Bar Book Judgements Online (PDF, 289.8 KB)
• Bugmy Bar Book Panel (PDF, 1.8 MB)
• The EAGP Scheme - Trap, Tactics and Ethics for Defence Lawyers, by Richard Wilson (PDF, 266.7 KB) (Note: updated paper on EAGP Resources Page)
• Sexual Consent in the Age of Part 3, Division 10 of the Crimes Act 1900, by Judge S Huggett (PDF, 847.6 KB)
• Prosecutorial Disclosure and Subpoenas, by Tom Quilter (PDF, 280.9 KB)
• 2022 Amendments to the Bail Act, by Nick Broadbent and Rose Khalilizadeh (PDF, 625.2 KB)
• Bail Amendments After Conviction with Addendum, by Nick Broadbent and Rose Khalilizadeh (PDF, 269.2 KB)
• Bail Addendum 2, by Nick Broadbent and Rose Khalilizadeh (PDF, 178.6 KB)
• A Presentation on the NSW Bar Association Best Practice Guidelines, by Nipa Dewan and Renee Bianchi (PDF, 317.9 KB)
• Criminal Law Update 2022, by Lizzie McLaughlin (PDF, 996.5 KB)
• Jury Issues - Why the Lack of Indigenous Participation? by Professor Jill Hunter and Shar Crittenden (PDF, 1.9 MB)

2022 conference

• 2022 program (PDF, 142.3 KB)
• Thoughts on the new Mental Health & Cognitive Impairment Act its application in indictable and Local Court proceedings, by Justice Mark Ierace (PDF, 231.7 KB)
• The Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment  Forensic Provisions Act 2020 - summary proceedings by, Jane Sanders (PDF, 272.5 KB)
• Social Media Evidence, by Craig Everson SC (PDF, 1.7 MB)
• Workplace Issues / Sexual Harassment, by Kate Eastman, AO SC (PDF, 840.0 KB)
• Criminal Law Update, by Elizabeth McLaughlin (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• Nick Broadbent Electronic Evidence PD Conference Presentation (PDF, 3.1 MB)
• Sentencing and Punishment, by Troy Anderson, SC (PDF, 124.7 KB)

2021 conference

• 2021 program (PDF, 180.8 KB)
• Testing and Challenging DNA Evidence to Avoid a Miscarriage of Justice, Judge Haesler SC
• Representing unpopular clients and interacting with the media, by Andrew Boe (PDF, 310.3 KB)
• Harman Undertakings, by Richard Pontello SC (PDF, 252.6 KB)
• Criminal Law Update, by Lizzie McLaughlin (PDF, 940.2 KB)
• Understanding & Managing Mental Health in the Legal Profession, by Robyn Bradey (PDF, 693.3 KB)

2020 conference

• 2020 program (PDF, 135.3 KB)
• False Memory and Witness Identification, by Dr Celine Van Golde (PDF, 3.3 MB)
• 10 Practical Points on Cross-Examination, by Madeleine Avenell (PDF, 40.2 KB)
• Spot the Difference: Exploring the Practicalities of the Discount for Pleading Guilty, by Ian Nash and Josh Brock - Part 1 (PDF, 3.3 MB)
• Spot the Difference: Exploring the Practicalities of the Discount for Pleading Guilty, by Ian Nash and Josh Brock - Part 2 (PDF, 211.4 KB)
• Immigration Considerations in Criminal Sentencing, by Professor Mary Crock and Louise Boon-Kuo (PDF, 921.6 KB)
• Expert Evidence – Insights into DNA and Crime Scene Evidence, by Mark Reynolds, Jae Gerhard & Hugh Selby - Part 1 (PDF, 701.4 KB)
• Expert Evidence – Insights into DNA and Crime Scene Evidence, by Mark Reynolds, Jae Gerhard & Hugh Selby - Part 2 (PDF, 546.7 KB)
• Criminal Law Update, by Lizzie McLaughlin (PDF, 1.1 MB)

2019 conference

• 2019 program (PDF, 25.4 KB)
• Is Discretion the Better Part of Sentencing, The Hon T F Bathurst AC (PDF, 354.4 KB)
• The Bugmy Bar Book Project, by Sophia Beckett (PDF, 166.2 KB)
• The Psychology of Radicalisation, by Dr Katie Seidler (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Pleas of Convenience, Charge Negotiation and Other Ethical Conundrums under the EAGP scheme, by Richard Wilson (PDF, 29.6 KB)
• Tendency and Coincidence Evidence, by Michael P King: Admitting Evidence Arising from Prior Acquittals (PDF, 195.0 KB)
• Tendency and Coincidence Evidence, by Stuart Bouveng: Update on Admissibility and use of Tendency Evidence in Child Sexual Assault Matters (PDF, 168.2 KB)
• Criminal Law Update, by Belinda Rigg SC (PDF, 880.7 KB)

2018 conference

• 2018 program (PDF, 73.4 KB)
• Advocacy and the Vulnerable Witness, by Craig Smith SC (PDF, 442.2 KB)
• Court of Criminal Appeal Update: Review of 2017, by Peter McGrath SC (PDF, 422.0 KB)
• Disadvantage and Crime: The Impact of Bugmy & Munda on Sentencing Aboriginal and Other Offenders, Speech by The Hon Justice Stephen Rothman AM Supreme Court of NSW (PDF, 159.3 KB)
• Joint Criminal Enterprise, by Belinda Rigg SC (PDF, 148.1 KB)
• Koori Court Proposal, by Sarah Hopkins (PDF, 1.8 MB)
• Reforms to the Criminal Justice System, by Sophia Beckett (PDF, 560.1 KB)
• Tendency, Coincidence & Joint Trials, by Tim Gartelmann SC DCJ (PDF, 424.9 KB)
• Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers and Humans Do, by Robyn Bradey (PDF, 142.7 KB)

2017 conference

• 2017 program (PDF, 99.7 KB)
• Advocacy and Expert Evidence, by Judge Dina Yehia (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• Avoiding Miscarriages of Justice: Issues in Forensic Biology, by Jae Gerhard
• Court of Criminal Appeal Update - Review of 2016, presented by Peter McGrath SC (PDF, 553.6 KB)
• Jury Directions in Sexual Assault Trials, by Bill Neild (PDF, 314.0 KB)
• Telco Evidence - Update on Evidence of Investigation - Computer Data, Mobile Phones and Cell Towers, by Ajoy Ghosh (PDF, 1.6 MB); Dataset to paper (PDF, 32.3 KB)
• Tendency, Coincidence & Joint Trials, presented by Tim Game SC; authored by Tim Game SC, Julie Roy & Georgia Huxley (PDF, 569.5 KB)
• Wellbeing/Professional Identity/Ethics of Professional Civility in and out of Court - panel discussion: Penny Johnston, Arthur Moses SC, Dr Justine Rogers; chaired by Sophia Beckett (PDF, 549.2 KB)

2016 conference

• 2016 program (PDF, 32.2 KB)
• Discounts for Guilty Pleas, by Robert Bromwich SC (PDF, 354.2 KB)
• Examination of Child Witnesses, by Prof Cossins & Prof Goodman-Delahunty (PDF, 571.2 KB)
• What do Juries really want, by Philip Strickland SC (PDF, 4.5 MB)

2015 conference

• 2015 program (PDF, 205.4 KB)
• Appeals from the Local Court to the Supreme Court, by Natalie Adams (DOC, 205.5 KB)
• Appeals from the Local Court to the Supreme Court, by Natalie Adams - Annexure (Flowchart) (DOC, 101.5 KB)
• Ethics - Recent Developments, by Jason Watts (PDF, 133.5 KB)
• Juries: Their Understanding of Expert Evidence, by Kristy Martire PhD (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• Law Society of NSW Legal Assistance Programme, by the Hon Justice Anna Katzmann & Dr Robert Fisher (DOC, 922.5 KB)
• Sentences and Sentencing, by the Hon Reg Blanch AM QC (DOC, 47.0 KB)
• Sentencing Scenario, by the Hon Terry Buddin SC (DOC, 122.0 KB)
• Separate Trial Applications, by Michael King
• Separate Trials - The Rule and the Proviso to the Rule - by Michael King (PDF, 333.3 KB)
• Separate Trial Applications - Recent First Instance Decisions - by Michael King (PDF, 118.4 KB)

2014 conference

• 2014 program (PDF, 26.6 KB)
• Psychiatric Defences in Criminal Law, by Dr Richard Furst: Part 1 (PPT, 358.0 KB), Part 2 (PPT, 311.0 KB), Part 3 (PPT, 1.1 MB), Part 4 (PPT, 3.4 MB), Part 5 (PPT, 248.5 KB)
• Sexual Assault Communications Privilege, by Ian Nash (PDF, 167.8 KB); Annexure (PDF, 278.6 KB) 
• The Importance of the pre-trial application and the vagaries in the subsequent appeal process, by David Dalton SC (PDF, 58.3 KB)

2013 conference

• 2013 program (PDF, 346.3 KB)
• Attorney General's Speech (PDF, 133.8 KB)
• Conviction Appeal Scenario, by Justice Buddin (PDF, 34.1 KB)
• Grounds of Appeal, by Justice Buddin (PPT, 409.0 KB)
• Memory - Reference List, by Philip Strickland SC (PDF, 17.2 KB)
• Memory, by Philip Strickland SC (PPT, 1.9 MB)
• People Smuggling in NSW, by Phillip Boulten SC and Angela Cook (PDF, 81.8 KB)
• People Smuggling, by Phillip Boulten SC and Angela Cook (PDF, 5.0 MB)
• Prosecutorial Ethics and Duty of Disclosure, by Peter Hastings QC (PDF, 48.8 KB)
• Sentencing Scenario, by Justice Buddin (PDF, 41.2 KB)
• Sentencing since Muldrock, by Richard Wilson (PDF, 142.5 KB)
• What Happens to Forensic Patients, by Dr Olav Nielssen (PPT, 1.6 MB)
• Workplace Management: Legal Profession Regulation 2005, by Jeffrey Phillips SC (PDF, 59.0 KB)

2012 conference

• 2012 program (PDF, 36.2 KB)
• Attorney General's Speech (PDF, 43.5 KB)
• Criminal Responsibility (2012), by Craig Smith (PDF, 115.4 KB)
• Criminal Responsibility Presentation (2012), by Craig Smith (PPT, 283.0 KB)
• Forensic DNA Typing Issues, by Professor Angela van Daal - Part 1 (PDF, 1.7 MB), Part 2 (PDF, 841.4 KB)
• DNA paper, by Judge Haesler SC (PDF, 154.3 KB)
• Marks Evidence & Pattern Recognition in Forensic Science, by Professor Hilton Kobus (PDF, 58.5 KB)
• Philosophy of Happiness, by Dr Caroline West (PPT, 919.0 KB)

2011 conference

• 2011 program (PDF, 12.5 KB)
• Advocacy: Neat and Not so Neat, by Judge Peter Zahra SC (PDF, 26.2 KB)
• Computer Evidence 101 for Defence Lawyers, by Ajoy Ghosh - Part 1 (PDF, 1.8 MB); Part 2 (PDF, 513.4 KB); Part 3 (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• DNA Jury Trials, by Professor Jane Goodman-Delahunty (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• Ethics and the Mentally Impaired, by Chris Bruce SC (PDF, 74.5 KB)
• Reforming the Criminal Justice System, by Nick Cowdery AM QC (PDF, 50.1 KB)
• Risks and Clinical Decisions, by Dr Olaf Nielssen (PDF, 90.4 KB)
• Risk in Schizophrenia, by Dr Olaf Nielssen (PDF, 107.5 KB)
• The Scientific Limits of Risk Assessment and the Prediction of Harm, by Dr Olav Nielssen (PDF, 1.8 MB)
• Violence Prediction Meta-Regression, by Dr Olav Nielssen

2010 conference

• 2010 program (PDF, 45.1 KB)
• Alcohol and the Teenage Brain, by Professor Ian Hickie (PDF, 1.4 MB)
• Ethics, by Phillip Boulten SC (PDF, 46.5 KB)
• Human Rights Bill, by Professor Frank Brennan (PPT, 931.5 KB)
• Intellectual Disability & Mental Health: Current Developments, by Associate Professor Eileen Baldry (PDF, 269.4 KB)
• Interpretation of the Criminal Code, by Justice Howie (PDF, 75.5 KB)
• Terrorism Laws, by Dina Yehia SC (PDF, 111.0 KB)
• Opening and Closing Addresses, by Peter Hamill SC Part 1 (PDF, 1.4 MB); Part 2 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
• Regulation 176, Legal Profession Regulations, by Philippa Ryan (PDF, 31.3 KB)

2009 conference

• 2009 program (PDF, 54.2 KB)
• Addressing a Jury, by Ian McClintock SC (PDF, 99.6 KB)
• The Safe and Unsafe Use of Mobile Phone Evidence, by Reg Coutts & Hugh Selby (PDF, 597.1 KB)
• Cross-Examining Complainants in Sexual Assault Proceedings, by Belinda Rigg  (PDF, 200.5 KB)
• The Investigation of Fire Scenes, by Ross Brogan AFSM, MA, CFI (PDF, 31.5 KB)

2008 conference

• 2008 program (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Speech by The Hon John Hatzistergos MLC, Attorney General (PDF, 49.0 KB)
• Cross-Examination, by Winston Terracini SC (PDF, 63.5 KB)
• Violence and Mental Illness, by Dr Olav Nielssen Part 1 (PDF, 140.9 KB); Part 2 (PDF, 282.8 KB); Part 3 (PDF, 129.0 KB); Part 4 (PDF, 178.2 KB)
• Tendency and Coincidence Evidence, by John Stratton SC (Revised September 2008) (PDF, 129.7 KB)
• The "Ice" Epidemic, by Dr Alex Wodak (PDF, 42.9 KB)
• Continuing Detention Orders for Sex Offenders: "Future Sex Crimes", by Anthony Cook SC (PDF, 72.2 KB)
• The Nature of Anxiety and How to Manage it, by Dr Peter Klug (PDF, 5.4 MB)

2007 conference

• 2007 program (PDF, 75.9 KB)
• Courage or Contempt, by Bob Toner SC  (PDF, 50.7 KB)
• Cross-examination, by Chester Porter QC  (PDF, 26.1 KB)
• Facial mapping, Body Mapping, by Maciej Henneberg (PDF, 50.3 KB)
• Principles of Complicity, by Judge Zahra SC and Jennifer Wheeler (PDF, 150.5 KB)
• Recovered Memory, by Dr Brent Waters (PDF, 49.6 KB)

2006 conference

• 2006 program (PDF, 1.0 MB)
• Program changes (PDF, 7.6 KB)
• Case Conferencing, by Sophia Beckett (PDF, 67.8 KB)
• Counter-terrorism laws in practice, by Phillip Boulten SC (PDF, 106.5 KB)

2005 conference

• 2005 program (PDF, 8.7 KB)
• DNA for Defence Lawyers, by Andrew Haesler SC (PDF, 112.2 KB)
• Sentencing Advocacy, by his Honour Judge Stephen Norrish QC (PDF, 102.7 KB)
• Spoiling the Governor's Pleasure, by Duncan Chappell (DOC, 70.5 KB)
• Charts (PPT, 274.5 KB)
• Treating Sex Offenders, by Dr Jeremy O'Dea (PPT, 103.0 KB)