Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Professional Skills
Appeals & Post-Trial Advocacy: How Trial Advocacy Impacts Appellate Outcomes
- Trial advocacy techniques that influence appellate success
- Common post-trial mistakes and how to avoid them
- Bridging trial and appeal work
- Strategic considerations in written and oral appellate advocacy
Presented by Clayton Wallis, Consultant Crown Prosecutor, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Chair
Andrew Tiedt, Director, J Sutton Associates, Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law
Presenters
Andrew Tiedt, Director, J Sutton Associates
Andrew is a Director and Principal of J Sutton Associates. He is a Law Society of NSW Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law. Andrew has acted for thousands of clients who have been accused of criminal offences, including appearing for persons charged with murder, sexual offending, fraud, serious driving offences, drug supply and possession, violence, and internet-based offences. He is an experienced trial advocate and frequently appears without counsel in indictable matters, including jury trials. Andrew has been recommended by the Doyle’s Guide for both criminal and traffic law since 2019. Andrew is also the curator of the popular reference website www.trialdirections.com.au
Clayton Wallis, Consultant Crown Prosecutor, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Clayton Wallis is a Consultant Crown Prosecutor with the Queensland Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP). He commenced his career with the ODPP in 2007 before taking on the role of Crown Prosecutor in 2009. Since that time he has prosecuted a wide variety of criminal and quasi-criminal matters across the State from the Magistrates Court to the High Court of Australia. Before his appointment to the position of Consultant Crown Prosecutor in 2022, Clayton was responsible for the management of a number of regional and Brisbane based prosecution Chambers, supervising a diverse range of criminal litigators and administration staff. In his 15 years of prosecuting he has prosecuted almost the entire gamut of criminal offences in the Criminal Code including homicide, violence, sexual and property offences both as prosecutor, counsel for the appellant and counsel for the respondent. In recent times Clayton was responsible for the management and supervision of the ODPP Appeals unit and has appeared in the Court of Appeal on approximately 100 occasions as lead counsel and as both as a junior and lead counsel in the High Court of Australia for both special leave applications and full hearings.
