Courts and Police Stations
Doogue & O'Brien Court Tour
- Accused Commited To Stand Trial
- Briefing Counsel for your matter
- Brief counsel for case conference if applicable
- Preparation for trial
- Defence response to case conference summary
- Brief counsel for directions hearing if applicable
- Preparation for trial
- Defence Response to Crown Opening
- Prepare for plea hearing
- Getting a copy of the depositions
- Prosecution summary for Case Conference
- Prosecution to file a Crown Opening
- Directions Hearing
- Case Conference
- Final directions Hearing
- Trial
- Plea of guilty - Plea Hearing
- Sentencing
Case Conference
Case Conference
CASE CONFERENCE IN CRIMINAL CASEA "Case Conference" is where the prosecution and defence are brought together to see if the matter is capable of being resolved. For the case conference the prosecution prepare an outline of the facts of what they believe they can prove and what charges they believe are appropriate. They give a copy to the accused’s lawyers prior to the case conference and they then file a response stating an outline of the defence case.
The aim of the case conference is to identify whether a matter is capable of resolution or not.
Case conferences in criminal cases are held outside normal Court sitting times with an aim of keeping them short. Generally a case conference is listed at 9 am or 9.30 am and will be finished within an hour of that time.
If the matter resolves through negotiation at the case conference as a guilty plea then it will be allocated a date for that plea. Sufficient time will normally be allocated to allow you to obtain necessary reports (medical or psychological).
If the case can not resolve then at the case conference the case will be booked in for a trial and a directions hearing will also be listed.
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