Date: 26Nov 2015
SYNOPSIS:
Jerome Chan Memorial Lecture 2015
The talk is intended as a constructive reflection on a variety of aspects of criminal justice in this jurisdiction: whether criminal justice may be delivered more efficiently and cost effectively without adversely affecting the imperative of a fair trial; the need for skilled case management by judges and magistrates; the duties of practitioners actively to assist the courts in that objective; the possibility of reform along the lines of the 2013 Criminal Procedure Rule of England; whether mitigation advocacy is amenable to improvement; the approach to criminal appeals; the effect of sentencing guidelines; and the importance of judicial training. FULL DETAILS
