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AIJA MAGISTRATES' CONFERENCE

13-14 September 2002

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8.15 am

Registration

   

9.00 am

Welcome: Justice Murray Kellam, President AIJA.

Opening: The Hon Rod Welford MP, Attorney-General for Queensland (to be confirmed).

9.10 am

SESSION ONE: Diversionary courts and specialist courts.

 

Convener: Mr John Costanzo, Magistrate, Queensland.

 

Speaker: Chief Magistrate DM Fingleton, Queensland.

10.30 am

SESSION TWO: Aboriginal Courts

 

Convener: Chief Magistrate Ian Gray, Victoria.

 

Panel with representatives from Queensland, South Australian and Victorian Magistrates’ Courts.

   

11.30 am

Morning Tea

   

11.30 am

SESSION THREE: Magistrates Courts and mental health issues

 

Convener: Chief Magistrate Arnold Shott, Tasmania.

 

Speaker: Deputy Chief Magistrate Helen Syme, New South Wales.

   

12.30 pm

Lunch

2.00 pm

SESSION FOUR: Judgment writing and the application of the standard format recommended by the AIJA

 

Convener: Professor Greg Reinhardt, Executive Director, AIJA

 

Speaker: Justice Roslyn Atkinson, Supreme Court of Queensland. (Annexures) (PowerPoint presentation)

Northern Territory Magistrates' Court :
- Direction (Note: The court has also issued style sheets to magistrates and secretarial staff)

   

3.00 pm

Afternoon Tea

   

3.30 pm

SESSION FIVE: The Changing Role of the Magistrates' Court

 

Convener: Dr Andrew Cannon, Supervising Magistrate, South Australia.

 

Speakers: Associate Professor Kathy Mack, and Associate Professor Sharyn Roach Anleu, Flinders University of South Australia.

Updated on research project partly funded by the AIJA and by the Association of Australian Magistrates which is concerned with contemporary issues affecting magistrates and the changing role of the Magistrates' Court.

   

4.00 pm

SESSION SIX: Family Court matters

 

Convener: Ms Annette Hennessy, Magistrate, Queensland.

 

Speaker: Ms Jenny Rimmer, Magistrate, Federal Magistrates Service.

   

4.45 pm

Close

   

6.00 pm

AIJA ORATION

"The People's Court - Into the Future"

Speaker: Mr Ian Gray, Chief Magistrate of Victoria

The 12th AIJA Oration will take place in the Banco Court, Supreme Court of Queensland, George Street, Brisbane.

   

7.00 for 7.30 pm

CONFERENCE DINNER
Common Room, Queensland Bar, Inns of Court Building, North Quay, Brisbane.
Speaker: Dr Roderick Munday, Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge.

Dress: Business attire.

 

SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER

9.00 am

SESSION SEVEN: Enforcing civil obligations

 

Convener: Professor Greg Reinhardt, Executive Director, AIJA.

 

Speaker: Dr Andrew Cannon, Supervising Magistrate, South Australia and Chief Magistrate Ron Cahill, Australian Capital Territory.

   

10.15 am

Morning Tea

   

10.45 am

SESSION EIGHT: Current issues in Coroners’ Courts

 

Convener: Chief Magistrate Ron Cahill AM, Australian Capital Territory.

 

Speaker: Mr John Abernethy, Magistrate, State Coroner for New South Wales.

   

11.45 am

SESSION NINE: Queensland Magistrates' Judicial Development Project

 

Convener: Chief Magistrate Diane Fingleton, Queensland.

 

Speaker: Dr Stephen Colbran, Lecturer in Law, Queensland University of Technology.

   

12.30 pm

Close.