Wednesday, 10 September 2025
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the key steps involved in preparing a sexual assault matter for trial, from first client contact to final instructions
- Identify essential defence strategies, disclosure review, and case management considerations for sexual offence charges
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair
John Munro, Director, John Munro Criminal Lawyer
Preparing a Sexual Assault Matter for Trial
Obtain a step-by-step guide to preparing sexual offence matters for trial, from the initial client conference to gathering defence material and finalisation of trial instructions
Presented by Philip Hamlin, Barrister
*Original Content was created in June 2024
Presenters
Philip Hamlin, Barrister, Hamlin LawPhilip is an experienced Criminal Barrister with extensive involvement across a wide range of criminal trials, appeals and related civil hearings. He is a former Crown Prosecutor with over 38 years of experience. He has a BA in psychology, LLB Honours degree and a Master of Jurisprudence from Auckland University. Phil is recognised for his expertise in criminal law, specifically in sex crimes, child abuse and homicides, expert evidence cases, appeals, mental health, pornography and computer-internet crime. More recently Phil has been involved in the case of R v Tongia which has revisited the scope of fitness hearings and trial rights for mentally unfit defendants. Philip is the chairman of the National Office for Professional Standards for The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand. He advises on practical protocols to respond to sexual abuse complaints and to correct and further prevent abuse within the Church by implementing safeguarding programmes.
John Munro, Director, John Munro Criminal Lawyer
John Munro, specializing in criminal defense, offers advice and protection to individuals facing criminal and regulatory charges. He provides robust advocacy in court, ensuring fair trials and thorough defense representation for his clients, supported by a team of experts in their respective fields.
