Criminal law

5 Jul 2021

You may have heard local lawyer Paul Edmonds of our Criminal Law Committee chatting with Georgia Stynes on ABC Radio recently about what it's like appearing as a witness in Court. We've compiled some useful resources on this topic.

24 May 2021

What happens when a teenager is suspected of committing an offence, or is arrested by the police?

24 May 2021

You may have heard local lawyer Michael Kukulies-Smith, the Chair of our Criminal Law Committee, chatting with Georgia Stynes on ABC Radio recently about what you can do if your teen gets arrested. We've compiled some useful resources on this topic.

26 Aug 2020

The Law Society is opposed to the reprehensible practice of 'conversion therapy', and strongly supports the policy intent behind the Sexuality and Gender Identity Conversion Practices Bill 2020, however we do not agree with the creation of a new criminal offence in this case.

20 Aug 2020

The ACT Law Society today welcomed the Legislative Assembly's first tentative steps towards raising the age of criminal resposibility from 10 to 14 years, to keep children out of prison.

23 Jul 2020

The ACT Law Society has joined with a collective of service delivery, human rights, legal, and representative organisations to call on the ACT Government to raise the age of criminal responsibility in the territory.

23 Jul 2020

The ACT Law Society today reaffirmed its opposition to anti-consorting laws, which were proposed this week by the ACT Liberals. 

2 Apr 2020

The ACT Law Society today condemned the ACT Government's removal of a defendant's right to a fair trial.

11 Dec 2018

The Society was pleased to learn of the appointment of Shane Drumgold as the new director of the ACT DPP.