Friday, 13 March 2026
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
For the Record
Let’s set the record straight on some common misconceptions and mistakes made in the practice of criminal law. Join a critical, scenario-based analysis of a variety of issues confronted by criminal law practitioners and workshop strategies to address them.
Presented by Emily O’Hagan, Partner, Wallace O’Hagan Lawyers; Recommended Leading Criminal Defence Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2025
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
This program is based on QLD legislation
This program is based on QLD legislation
Chair
Tom Gardiner, Principal, Fisher Dore Lawyers; Accredited Specialist Criminal Law, Leading Criminal Defence Lawyers, Queensland, Doyle's Guide 2025
Presenters
Tom Gardiner, Principal, Fisher Dore Lawyers
Tom is a Principal of Fisher Dore Lawyers and an Accredited Criminal Law Specialist (QLS). Tom has over a decade of experience in criminal law and is leading criminal lawyer in the Doyles Guide. Tom has appeared in all Courts throughout Queensland and instructed counsel in the High Court of Australia. Tom’s practice includes a wide range of criminal law matters, domestic violence applications and advice work.
Emily O’Hagan, Partner, Wallace O’Hagan Lawyers
Emily O'Hagan graduated with Honours in a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Psychology, from Griffith University, completing elective study in Criminal Law and Forensic Mental Health at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Following her admission Emily commenced working at Russo Lawyers and specialised in the practice of criminal defence. Emily was recognised as a Senior Associate at Russo Lawyers in 2014 and became a founding partner of Wallace O'Hagan Lawyers in 2015. Emily appears in all criminal law jurisdictions. Emily has extensive trial experience in the full range of traffic and criminal offence, and has represented clients at every level of the criminal justice system, from pleas of guilty before the Magistrates Court to Supreme Court Appeals.
