Level: Advanced
CLE Units: 1.5
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Speakers
Mark Dennis, Forbes Chambers
Troy Edwards, Forbes Chambers
Caleb Franklin, Principal Solicitor, Central South Eastern Zone Aboriginal Legal Service
Summary
The topic for this video podcast is Essential Criminal Law Update 2010: Sexual Assault Directions (a Solicitor's Perspective) and an Update on DNA.
Mark Dennis discusses sexual assault trial directions, including statutory warnings (such as when a complainant gives evidence via CCTV), and more general warnings, such as relating to delay in complaint, tendency or coincidence evidence.
Together, Troy Edwards and Caleb Franklin discuss current best-practice surrounding DNA evidence. They talk about a recent juror study on DNA evidence, which feeds into an update on recent case law, and how defence lawyers, in particular, can extract evidence to their advantage about how DNA evidence actually works.
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