Presenters

Anna Cappellano, Barrister, Higgins Chambers
Anna has practiced at the private Bar in Queensland since 2008. She is passionate about social justice and providing fearless advocacy for people who find themselves confronting the criminal justice system. Anna’s practice at the Bar focuses primarily on criminal law and regulatory matters. She regularly appears on behalf of both defendants and prosecuting authorities at the State and Commonwealth level in proceedings in the District Courts, Supreme Court of Queensland, the Queensland Court of Appeal and the Norfolk Island Court of Petty Sessions and Supreme Court. In 2022, Anna was one of the Counsel Assisting the Commission of Inquiry into Queensland Police Service responses to domestic and family violence. Anna is also member of the Bar Association’s Criminal Law Committee.


Ken MacKenzie, Partner, Mackenzie Mitchell Solicitors
Ken Mackenzie is an accredited specialist in criminal law and principal of Mackenzie Mitchell Solicitors. Ken qualified in Queensland, completing articles of clerkship at crime specialists Ryan & Bosscher before emigrating to England. In London, Ken re-qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales and worked in the criminal departments of Fisher Meredith and Hickman & Rose. Ken established Mackenzie Mitchell Solicitors in Brisbane in 2008 specialising in criminal law. Ken represents clients in private (employer) investigations, police investigations, and criminal proceedings in the Magistrates, District and Supreme Courts, including the Court of Appeal and the High Court. His practice ranges from traffic offences to homicide and includes a substantial case load of serious fraud and drug crime. He also acts for witnesses compelled to attend before secret hearings of the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC). Ken served for 5 years on the Criminal Law Committee of the Queensland Law Society until 2014. He represented the Society on a government committee that reviewed police powers in Queensland. Ken has given evidence on behalf of the Society to Parliamentary Committees in relation to legislation governing police powers and the criminal law.

Presenters

Anna Cappellano, Barrister, Higgins Chambers
Anna has practiced at the private Bar in Queensland since 2008. She is passionate about social justice and providing fearless advocacy for people who find themselves confronting the criminal justice system. Anna’s practice at the Bar focuses primarily on criminal law and regulatory matters. She regularly appears on behalf of both defendants and prosecuting authorities at the State and Commonwealth level in proceedings in the District Courts, Supreme Court of Queensland, the Queensland Court of Appeal and the Norfolk Island Court of Petty Sessions and Supreme Court. In 2022, Anna was one of the Counsel Assisting the Commission of Inquiry into Queensland Police Service responses to domestic and family violence. Anna is also member of the Bar Association’s Criminal Law Committee.


Ken MacKenzie, Partner, Mackenzie Mitchell Solicitors
Ken Mackenzie is an accredited specialist in criminal law and principal of Mackenzie Mitchell Solicitors. Ken qualified in Queensland, completing articles of clerkship at crime specialists Ryan & Bosscher before emigrating to England. In London, Ken re-qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales and worked in the criminal departments of Fisher Meredith and Hickman & Rose. Ken established Mackenzie Mitchell Solicitors in Brisbane in 2008 specialising in criminal law. Ken represents clients in private (employer) investigations, police investigations, and criminal proceedings in the Magistrates, District and Supreme Courts, including the Court of Appeal and the High Court. His practice ranges from traffic offences to homicide and includes a substantial case load of serious fraud and drug crime. He also acts for witnesses compelled to attend before secret hearings of the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC). Ken served for 5 years on the Criminal Law Committee of the Queensland Law Society until 2014. He represented the Society on a government committee that reviewed police powers in Queensland. Ken has given evidence on behalf of the Society to Parliamentary Committees in relation to legislation governing police powers and the criminal law.