Name suppression orders and social media have created the perfect storm—where anyone publishing a suppressed name can be brought before the court, but actually identifying the responsible party poses significant challenges. Join us to explore critical questions such as when does name suppression apply, and how can we better protect witnesses and complainants? Get the information you need to limit exposure and uncover strategies for safeguarding privacy in this complex landscape. Don’t miss this essential session for staying informed and compliant in the digital age.
1.30pm to 2.30pm Name Suppression in Focus: Ensuring a Fair Trial and Doing Evidence Better
Explore the balance between proactive name suppression and reactive takedown orders. Examine recent decisions and benefit from a discussion on ciritical issues, including:
- Examining recent High Court and Court of Appeal decisions on name suppression acknowledging that the law is not keeping up with modern day methods of publication, such as publication on a social media platform
- Being the fence at the top of the cliff and thinking ahead rather than the ambulance at the bottom: Name suppression vs take down orders
Presented by Jacinda Younger, Barrister and Solicitor, Square Legal Chambers
Learning Objective:
- Understand the complexities of name suppression orders in the digital age, including when they apply and the challenges of enforcing them on social media
- Gain insights into recent legal decisions, the risks posed by social media, and strategies for proactively safeguarding privacy and ensuring fair trial rights
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
Presenters
Jacinda Younger, Barrister and Solicitor, Square Legal Chambers
Jacinda has been in practice since 1998, initially in general practice before specialising in criminal law as a barrister in 2001. Her practice began in Whanganui, then adding an office in Palmerston North where she stayed after the legal aid changes a decade ago. She is a PAL4 qualified legal aid provider and regularly appears in jury trial and appellant matters. Her favourite aspect of criminal law is section 106 discharge without convictions, which she has specialised her private practice in for the last 10years, not having one declined in that period. Her most striking case in section 106 is successfully gaining a discharge without conviction for two young offenders facing an aggravated burglary charge in 2019. Jacinda considers her strength as being a strategic thinker and that this probably developed over the last 25 years juggling a law practice, training her dressage stallion from a foal to Grand Prix (Olympic level) dressage (also a NZ first), running a busy horse stud and raising two girls who she also trains in dressage and who are national dressage champions in their own right now. “If you don’t think forward in problem solving, then the house of cards falls down pretty quickly!”
This seminar is part of a series
Criminal Law: In Focus Over Lunch
Join these five comprehensive, one-hour sessions available online or on-demand. They are designed to fit seamlessly into your busy schedule, allowing you to enhance your practice over lunch. Ensure ethical compliance and refine your professional skills with updates and practical guidance on the very latest on bail applications, sentencing, evidence, parole, proceeds of crime, and name suppression. Excel in your practice with this essential knowledge.
Description
Attend the full series and earn 5 CPD hours
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
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