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The Bar Association's Criminal Law Committee examines proposed changes to the criminal law, provides advice to the Bar Council and prepares submissions as and when required. In recent months the committee has assisted in a number of important projects, such as the series of seminars on sexual assault prosections and the drafting of the Barristers Rules on improper questioning.

Federal Criminal Law Conference, Sydney, 5 September 2008


The Federal Criminal Law Conference, sponsored by the Bar Association, the Law Council and ThomsonReuters, included guest speakers such as Stephen Keim SC and Mark Ierace SC.

Conference papers

  Conference Welcome, by Anna Katzmann SC

  Proceeds of Crime: Instrument of Injustice?, Stephen Odgers SC

  Australian Extradition Law, by Ned Aughterson

  An Independent Reviewer for Australian Terror Laws?, by Assoc Prof Andrew Lynch

  Cartel Offences Under the Trade Practices Act: Definitional Issues, by Brent Fisse

  The Clarke Inquiry in Progress: Tentative Observations for Reform, by Stephen Keim SC

  The Current and Proposed Criminal Jurisdiction of the Federal Court, by Justice Weinberg

  Anti-terrorism Legislation: Consideration of Areas of Legal & Practical Difficulties, Dina Yehia

  Federal Criminal Law Under a Rights Charter, by Jeremy Gans