InBrief

The Law Council of Australia and The New South Wales Bar Association will host a Federal Criminal Law Conference on Friday, 5 September 2008 in Sydney. The primary purpose of the one day conference is to generate new ideas for reform of criminal law and procedure at the Commonwealth level. The Sydney conference will also provide the opportunity for the legal profession to develop a 'reform platform' that can be fed into, and presented at, a broader Federal Criminal Law Conference hosted by the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department on 30 September 2008 in Canberra.

The format for the event will be reasonably informal, with speakers invited to talk on their nominated topic for approximately 20 minutes - followed by a period of general discussion. The conference will be followed by a dinner for participants and interested barristers and solicitors. The Hon Bob Debus MP, the minister for home affairs, will deliver the conference dinner address.

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27 August 2008