Level: Criminal
CLE Units: 0
Speaker:
Brett Thomas, Solicitor, Willis & Bowring
Aims
Section 10 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 enables a court, upon a plea or finding of guilt, to order the dismissal of charges without proceeding to record a conviction.
The order can be made with or without conditions.
This Section is one of the most discussed sections in the administration of criminal justice – it can be helpful but when should it be applied and when should it not be applied ?
In this paper, the legal and judicial perspective will be provided on Section 10:
- The purpose of Section 10
- Some of the misconceptions about the use of Section 10
- When should you ask for it, and when you should not
- Examining the concept of its use being restricted.
Our speaker for this session was Brett Thomas, a solicitor at Willis Bowring Solicitors & Attorneys.
He was admitted in 1986 and has been practising for over twenty years.
He is primarily involved in criminal law, together with other general litigation in the Supreme, District and Local Courts.
Brett received his Specialist Accrediation in Criminal Law from the Law Society of New South Wales in 1994 and has been a member of the Criminal Law Committee of the Law Society since 2000.
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