2024 Conference Agenda

 

CONFERENCE AGENDA

 

8.30am – 9.00am             Registration

 

9.00am – 9.15am          Welcome to Country

                                     Welcome to Conference

 

9.15am – 10.15am        “Review of Criminal Defences – Discussions and Potential Changes”

                                     Ruth O’Gorman KC, Higgins Chambers

 

10.15am – 11.15am     “Sentence Advocacy and Appeals” 

                                     Magistrate Dzenita Balic

 

11.15am – 11.30am     Morning Tea

 

11.30am – 12.30pm.   “Youth Justice Matters”

                                   Judge Craig Chowdhury, District Court of Queensland

 

12.30pm – 1.30pm     “Changes to the Law Surrounding Sexual Offences – Part 1?”

                                    Andrew Hoare KC, Halsbury Chambers

 

1.30pm – 215pm      Lunch 

 

2.15pm – 3.15pm.     “Parole Decisions – Your Questions Answered.”

                                  Julie Sharp, Deputy President QLD Parole Board

 

3.15pm-4.15pm       “The Importance of Instructions – Avoiding a Miscarriage of Justice”

                                 Katrina Prskalo, Public Defender

 

4.15pm – 4.30pm     Afternoon Tea

 

4.30pm – 5.30pm.    “Changes to the Law Surrounding Sexual Offences – Part 2?”

                                Robert Carroll , Higgins Chambers

Reasonable Cause QLD reserves the right to change this conference agenda without notice.