Join accomplished barristers Mark Trowell KC and Roman Kan as they guide you through the critical areas of preparing for a criminal trial. This advanced program will deliver key learnings and techniques to help fine-tune the way you approach your next criminal trial. Mark and Roman will share their experience, insights and strategies on how to navigate all the crucial areas of criminal trial preparation.

Presenters

Mr. Mark Trowell KC, Albert Wolff Chambers
Mark Trowell joined the independent Bar in Western Australia in 1989 after having been admitted to practice eight years earlier. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2000. He, together with Tom Percy QC, founded Albert Wolff Chambers. Despite some time in commercial and common law, he was ultimately attracted to the challenge of the criminal law and has since practiced exclusively in that jurisdiction. He has for the most part acted as defence counsel not only in WA, but also NSW, and from time to time also prosecutes for the DPP (WA). Mark has appeared as counsel at two Royal Commissions, and several notorious CCC inquiries. He is co-chair of the Criminal Law Standing Committee of LAWASIA. He was also involved in negotiations at the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg on behalf of the owners of a foreign vessel seized by the Australian Customs for allegedly poaching the prized Patagonian toothfish in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica. In December 2006, Mark Trowell was appointed by the Australian Government to undertake a review of the legislation governing the Australian Crime Commission (ACC). His report was later tabled in the Federal Parliament.Since 2004, Mark has attended as an international observer at controversial criminal trials in Thailand, Malaysia and Sri Lanka on behalf of several organisations, including LAWASIA, the International Commission of Jurists, the Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Australian Bar Association, the Law Council of Australia, Commonwealth Lawyers Association and Paris-based Union International des Advocats. He is the author of two best-selling books on the recent criminal trial and appeals in the Malaysian courts concerning the former deputy prime minister and opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, which attracted international attention.


David Robinson, Barrister, Albert Wolff Chambers
David Robinson has practiced exclusively within the criminal law in Western Australia since 2011. David has experience in defending and prosecuting criminal matters. He has appeared as counsel in the Supreme Court, District Court, Magistrates Court and Children’s Court having worked at both the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia and the Director of Public Prosecutions of Western Australia. David has litigated jury trials, contested summary hearings, bail applications and complex sentencing proceedings in Perth and regional courts across the State. David commenced working at the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia in 2012 and routinely appeared as an advocate in courts around the State on a daily basis. Whilst at the Aboriginal Legal Service, he gained an in depth understanding of the Magistrates and Children’s Court, representing clients facing serious criminal charges in the District and Supreme Court. He then joined the Director of Public Prosecutions in Western Australian in 2016, where he regularly prosecuted a broad range of jury trials in both Perth and regional courts. Whilst at the Director of Public Prosecutions in Western Australia he appeared as counsel in jury trials for: adult and child sex matters (including historical sex matters), violent offences, drug and firearm offences, robberies, arson, commercial burglaries, home invasions and for dishonesty based offences (including stealing as a servant and fraud). In 2021, he joined the Western Australian Bar. David is approachable, thorough and has a passion for litigation.