2025
680.World Association of Medical Law Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 6 August 2025
679. Unconventional Conventions, Alexandria, Egypt, 21 June – 5 July 2025
678. Unconventional Conventions, Cairo, Egypt, 21 June – 5 July 2025.
2024
677. “Perspectives on the Future of Expert Evidence” ExpertsDirect Symposium, 10 September 2024
676. “Closure from Coronial Inquests”, Asia-Pacific Coroners Conference, Uluru, Northern Territory, 2 September 2024
675. “Assessing and Responding to Risk of Harm in Domestic Violence”, LawSense Symposium, Sydney, August 2024
674.”Reception of Novel Scientific Evidence”, International Conference on Forensic Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 19 August 2024
673. “ADHD and the Criminal Law”, International Academy of Law and Mental Health, Barcelona, Spain, July 2024
672. “Legal Liability for Mental Harm in the Workplace”, International Academy of Law and Mental Health, Barcelona, Spain, July 2024
671. “Good, Bad and Unethical Forensic Expert Evidence”, Forensic Engineering Society Meeting, Melbourne, 18 April 2024
670. “Stress, Trauma and Employers’ Obligations in the Workplace”, QUT Public Lecture, Brisbane, 9 April 2024
669. “Expert Scientific Evidence: Admissibility and Ethical Issues”, Legalwise Seminars, Sydney, 22 March 2024
668. “Unprofessional Conduct After Teo”, Leo Cussen Conference, Melbourne, 20 March 2024
667. “Legal Liability for Vicarious Trauma in the Workplace”, Wellness for Law Forum, Melbourne, 15 February 2024
2023
666. “Evolution in Informed Consent: Contemporary Values and Challenges”, Legalwise Seminars, Melbourne, 30 November 2023
665. “Ethical Issues in The Charlie Teo Decision”, Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law Conference, Brisbane, November 2023
664. “New Frontiers in Legal Regulation of Terrorism and Public Order Disruption”, Counter-Terrorism Lawyers Conference, Brisbane, 14 November 2023
663. “Scope of Inquests”, Asia-Pacific Coroners’ Conference, Sydney, November 2023
662. “Pandemics, Fear, Quackery and Legal Regulation”, World Conference on Infectious Diseases, Sapporo, Japan, November 2023
661.”Gait Analysis Evidence and Shoeprint Evidence”, NSWPF Expert Evidence Conference, Parramatta, 13 September 2023
660. “Work Stress, Vicarious Trauma and the Public Mental Health Framework” (with Kay Wilson), Health Law Ethics Network, Melbourne, 5 September 2023
659. “Learning from the Charlie Teo Decision”, Health Law Ethics Network, Melbourne, 1 August 2023
658. “Assessing and Responding to Risk of Harm in Domestic Violence”, LawSense Symposium, Sydney, 28 July 2023
657. “Forensic Reports by Experts: Perils and Pitfalls for Criminal Lawyers”, Victorian Criminal Bar Symposium, Melbourne, 17 July 2023
656. “After the Inquest …”, Australian Police Lawyers Conference, Darwin, 8 June 2023
655. “EMDR and the Law”, EMDR Association of Australia, Melbourne, 4 May 2023
654. “Coronial Proceedings and Criminal Law”, Legal Eagles Seminar, Hoi An, Vietnam, 14-17 April 2023
653. “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and the Criminal Law”, Legal Eagles Seminar, Hoi An, Vietnam, 14-17 April 2023
652. “Parkinson’s Disease and the Criminal Law”, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 2023
651.”CyberPsychology, Misleading Representations by Professionals and Consumer Protection”, Amity Law School, Amity University, Gwalior, India, 2-3 March 2023
650. “Interim Decision-Making about Risks Posed by Health Practitioners”, 3rd Professional Tribunals Conference, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand, 10 February 2023
649. “Spectrum Disorders and Crime”, Melbourne, Foley’s Criminal Law Seminars, 2 February 2023
2022
648.”Employers’ Liability for Exposure of Employees to Vicarious Trauma and Workplace Injury”, World Association of Medical Law Conference, Gold Coast, December 2022
647.”Concussion and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy from Coroners’ Inquest”, World Association of Medical Law Conference, Gold Coast, December 2022
646. “Interdisciplinary and Rapprochement between the Health Sciences and Law”, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, Melbourne, 14 October 2022: https://aahms.org/video/new-fellow-presentations-aahms-2022-day-2/
645. “Open Justice” Asia-Pacific Coroners Conference, Gold Coast, November 2022
644. “The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Doctor-Patient Communication”, CCM Group, Brazil, October 2022
643. “Stillbirths and the Law”, Australian College of Legal Medicine Conference, Melbourne, October 2022
642. “Expert Evidence and Ethical Issues”, ExpertsDirect Conference, Sydney, September 2022
641. “Ethics, Fearlessness and Independence in Legal Practice: The Australian barrister, John Lang, His Literature and Advocacy”, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, India, 20 August 2022
640. “Initiating Discussions about Voluntary Assisted Dying”, Monash University Workshop, Melbourne, July 2022
639. Psychiatrists as Expert Witnesses”, Hobart, 27 July 2022
638. “Examination and Cross-examination of Expert Evidence”, Police Prosecutors Workshop, Melbourne, 21 July 2022
637. “Expert Evidence in Civil and Criminal Litigation”, Legitimate Scrutiny, Allahabad, India, 18 July 2022
636. “Neurolaw”, Convergence Science Network, Melbourne, August 2022
635. “The Life of Thomas More: Principled, Oppositional or Provocative?”, ACU, Thomas More Lecture, Melbourne, 21 June 2022: https://echo360.net.au/media/aad749e6-0171-42a1-8665-df09a0c2d24c/public
634. “Safety in the Law”, Melbourne University Law Students Society, Melbourne, 13 April 2022
633. “HIV, Stigma and the Law”, Gilead HIV Hack, Melbourne, April 2022
632. “Victorian Collaborative Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing: Legislative Purposes and Rationales”, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science, Symposium, Melbourne, 14 February 2022
631. “Commissioning of Expert Evidence in Criminal Cases”, Law Society of Tasmania, Criminal Law Conference, Hobart, 8 March 2022
2021
630.”Human Challenge Trials: Ethical and Legal Issues”, Human Research Ethics Conference, Brisbane, November 2021
629. “Mental Health System Reform” ANZAPPL Lecture, 2021, Melbourne, December 2021
628. “Rethinking Human Challenge Trials in the Age of COVID-19”, AABHL Conference, Hobart, 19 November 2021
627. “Patients Behaving Badly”, AABHL Conference, Hobart, 19 November 2021
626. “Legal and Ethical Considerations of Artificial Intelligence in Skin Cancer Diagnosis” (with Dale Jobson and Victoria Mar), Sydney, November 2021 (poster)
625. Emailing, Social Media Usage and the Internet: Challenges for Practice as a Psychiatrist”, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Hobart, 13 November 2021
624. “Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and the Criminal Law”, ANZAPPL, 40th Congress, Sydney, 20 November 2021
623. “Mental Health Law Reform: Fitness for Execution in Pakistan and the United States”, ANZAPPL, 40th Congress, Sydney, 20 November 2021
622. “Dealing with High Conflict Scenarios during Hearings”, AAT Symposium, Sydney, 27 October 2021
621. “Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Law”, South Connecticut University, New Haven, Center of Excellence on Autism Spectrum Disorders, United States, September 2021
620. “After COVID …” University House, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, October 2021
619. “International Legal Issues and COVID-19” American Bar Association Conference, Chicago, 22 September 2021
618. “New Technologies and Health Law”, Lectio Magistralis, Mediterranea International Centre for Human Rights Research, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy
617. ” After the Pandemic” Order of Australia Association, Northern Suburbs Regional Group, Melbourne, 13 September 2021
616. “Concurrent Evidence”, Commercial Bar Association of Victoria, Melbourne, 12 August 2021
615. “Bereaved People and Coronial Funding”, Seminar, University of Cambridge and Queen Mary’s University of London, Cambridge, 30 July 2021.
614. ““Social Media and the Contemporary Health Practitioner”, Deakin Science and Society Network, University, Melbourne, 19 July 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjZCz8MQ29c
613. “Human Rights and the Medical Practitioner”, Melbourne, University of Melbourne MD Conference, 1 July 2021
612. “Lessons from the Front Line: Regulation, Perspectives and Approaches”, VGSO Symposium, Melbourne, 25 June 2021
611. “Confinement at the Governor’s Pleasure: The 19th Century Ah Siug Case and Old and New Legislation”, Melbourne, University of Melbourne MD Conference, 28 June 2021
610. “Pitfalls and Perils in Preparation and Presentation of Expert Evidence”, Hall & Wilcox, Melbourne, 18 June 2021.
609. “Mental Health and Human Rights: Legal Developments”, QUT Centre for Health Law and Ethics, Brisbane, 17 May 2021
608. “Diversity and Inclusiveness”, Welcome Speech at the Victorian Bar Iftar Dinner, Melbourne, 4 May 2021
607.”Administration of Blood and Blood Products to Children: Medicolegal Considerations”, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, Melbourne, 1 May 2021
606. “Expert Evidence” Hall & Wilcox Seminar, Melbourne, June 2021
605. “Workplace Manslaughter: Corporate and Officer Liability”, Victoria Police Command, Melbourne, March 2021
604. “Appeals in Children’s Court Litigation”, Practice Leadership Chief Practitioner Webinar, Melbourne, 11 August 2021
603. “Concurrent Evidence”, Australasian College of Legal Medicine and Medico-Legal Society of Victoria, Brisbane/ Melbourne, 30 March 2021
602. “COVID-19 and Human Rights in Developing Countries”, Melbourne Health Initiative, WHO Simulation, Melbourne, 30 March 2021
601. “HIV and the Law: Disclosure obligations and Medical Practitioners’ Responsibilities in the Age of PrEP”, Gilead HIV in Context Symposium, Melbourne, 30 April 2021
600. “The Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System: An Overview of the Recommendations”, University of Melbourne Health Law and Ethics Network, Melbourne, 16 March 2021
599. “Workplace Manslaughter”, Victoria Police Executive, Melbourne, February 2021
598. “Health and Wellbeing in the time of COVID-19”, Opening of the Legal Year, Geelong, 28 January 2021
2020
597. “Clinical Research without Consent: Challenges for COVID-19 Research”, Brisbane, QUT Clinical Research Seminar, 18 November 2020
596. “ADHD; Forensic Issues” ADHD and Youth Conference, ADHD Foundation, Sydney, 28 November 2020
595. “Elder Law, Guardianship and Administration: Recent Developments”, Melbourne, 10 November 2020
594. “Concurrent Expert Evidence” Foleys List Seminars, Melbourne, 2020
593. “Psychiatric Injuries: Significant Developments”, Leo Cussen Seminar, Melbourne, 9 October 2020
592. Children’s Court of Victoria Legal Group, “Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and the Children’s Court”, Melbourne, November 2020.
591. “Rethinking Regulation and Governance in the Age of COVID-19”, COVID Research Network, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 24 June 2020
590. “Risks of Exploitation with Voluntary Assisted Dying”, Melbourne University of Melbourne Medical Students’ Conference, Melbourne, June 2020.
589. “Developments in the Aged Care Royal Commission”, Law Institute Seminar, Melbourne, 24 March 2020
588. “Preparing a Professional Disciplinary Case involving Legal or Health Practitioners”, Foleys List Administrative Law Seminars, Melbourne, 11 March 2020: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/episode-14-disciplinary-proceedings-against-legal-health/id1500527914?i=1000469640295
587. “Contemporary Coroners”, University of New South Wales Coroners Practice Symposium, Sydney, 13 February 2020
586: “Ethics for the Criminal Law Practitioner: Life after Gobbo”, Foleys List Criminal Law Seminars, 11 February, Melbourne, 2020
585: “Access to Justice”, Opening of the Legal Year, Geelong, 29 January 2020
2019
584. “Scholarship in Forensic Psychology, Forensic Psychiatry and Mental Health Law”, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, and Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Australian and New Psychiatry, Psychology and Law: Collaboration and Challenges across the Global South Conference, Singapore, November 2019
583. “Inspiring and Influential Articles in Psychiatry, Psychology and Law”, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, and Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Australian and New Psychiatry, Psychology and Law: Collaboration and Challenges across the Global South Conference, Singapore, November 2019
582. “Electroconvulsive Therapy, Human Rights and the Law”, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, and Australian and New Zealand Association of Pscyhiatry, Psychology and Law, Australian and New Psychiatry, Psychology and Law: Collaboration and Challenges across the Global South Conference, Singapore, November 2019.
581. “ADHD and the Law”, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, and Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Australian and New Psychiatry, Psychology and Law: Collaboration and Challenges across the Global South Conference, Singapore, November 2019
580. “Legal Liability for Crowded Place Attack Responses by Police”, ASIO / Australian and New Zealand Counter Terrorism Committee Business Advisory Group, Canberra, 31 October 2019
579. “The Trials and Challenges of Expert Psychiatric Evidence: A Practitioner’s Perspective”, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, October 2019
578.”Coroners’ Inquests and their Preventative Role”, 11th Annual Obstetric Malpractice Conference, Melbourne, 23 August 2019
577.”Exhumations and the Law”, World Association of Medical Law Conference, Tokyo, Japan, August 2019
576.”Electroconvulsive Therapy, Human Rights and the Law”, World Association of Medical Law Conference, Tokyo, Japan, August 2019
575. “Dying Children, Distraught Parents and Ethico-Legal Dilemmas”, John McPhee Seminar, Newcastle, Australia, 27 June 2019
574, “Current Developments in Medical Law”, Melbourne University MD Conference, Melbourne, 25 June 2019
573. “Privilege in Expert Reports”, Victorian Junior Bar Conference, Melbourne, 21 June 2019
572. “Changing Dynamics in Health Practitioner-Patient Relationships”, Manchester, England, 14 June 2019
571. “Death in the Public Eye: Legal Issues”, Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement, Melbourne, 30 May 2019
570. “Mental Health Law in Intensive Care Practice“, College of Intensive Care Medicine, “Truths and Myths of Legalities in Intensive Care Symposium”, Melbourne, 1 April 2019
569. “A Mad Judge and His Journey to Freedom: A Contemporary Tale From Nineteenth Century Saxony”, College of Forensic Psychologists, Australian Psychological Society and ANZAPPL Symposium, “Previously Unreported Traumatic Memories”, Brisbane, 25 May 2019
568. “Traumatic Memories and the Law”, College of Forensic Psychologists, Australian Psychological Society and ANZAPPL Symposium, “Previously Unreported Traumatic Memories”, Brisbane, 25 May 2019
567. “Legal Issues in Forensic Medicine: International Developments”, Sarawak International Medicolegal Congress, Kuching, Malaysia, April 2019
566. “Regulation of Medical Practitioners in the Age of Globalisation”, Sarawak International Medicolegal Congress, Kuching, Malaysia, April 2019
565. “International Medico-Legal Developments”, Sarawak International Medicolegal Congress, Kuching, Malaysia, April 2019
564. “The Royal Commission into Aged Care and Safety: The Opportunities for Change”, Health Law and Ethics Network, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 26 March 2019
563. “Expert Evidence”, Magistrates’ Conference, Melbourne, 22 March 2
562. “Model Litigant Representation in the Children’s Court”, address to the Children’s Court, Melbourne, March 2019
561. “Emotion in the Courtroom: Transference and Counter-transference”, National Judicial College, Judges: Angry? Biased? Burned Out? Canberra, 3 March 2019
560. “Representation in Royal Commissions”, Russell Kennedy Government Lawyers Workshop, Melbourne, February 2019
559. “Opening of the Legal Year Address on Behalf of the Victorian Bar”, Geelong, 14 January 2019
2018
558.”Narcissism and the Law”, Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society, Lidcombe, Sydney, 29 November 2018
557.”Plea Negotiations and Sentencing Indications”, Commercial Teachers Association Conference, Melbourne , 27 November 2018
556. “The Best Interests of the Child: Dealing Better with Tensions Surrounding Dying Children”, Australian and New Zealand Association in Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Hobart, 24 November 2018
555. “Impostors and Impersonators: Fake Health Practitioners, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law”, Australian and New Zealand Association in Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Hobart, 24 November 2018
554.”Applications for Declaratory Relief, the Best Interests of Children and New Challenges for Administrative Law”, Australian Institute of Administrative Law, Melbourne, 21 November 2018
553. “The Intersection of Medical Negligence and Criminal Culpability”, Leo Cussen Seminar, Melbourne, 13 November 2018
552.”Manslaughter by Negligence or Systemic Failures? Implications for the Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba Case”, University of Sydney Symposium, Sydney, November 2018
551. “Interstate and Overseas Deaths: Jurisdictional Coronial Issues”, Asia-Pacific Coroners’ Conference, Canberra, 14 November 2018
550.”The Royal Commission into Aged Care and Safety”, Russell Kennedy Seminar, Melbourne, October 2018
549, “Learning from the Bawa-Garba Saga”, Royal Children’s Hospital seminar, Melbourne, October 2018
548.”Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neurocognitive Disorders and the Law”, 5th Bergen International Conference on Forensic Psychiatry, Bergen, Norway, October, 2018
547. “Alternative Health Approaches, Breast Cancer and the Law”, Melbourne International Breast Congress, Melbourne, 11 October 2018
546.”The Overlooked Risks of Narcissistic Personality Personality Disorder”, Royal Australasian College of Psychiatry, Hobart, 12 October 2018
545.”Expert Evidence”, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, seminar, Hobart, 12 October 2018
544. “Recent Controversies in Health Law”, Law Faculty, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 12 October 2018
543. “Responding to Dying Children: Learning Clinically and Legally from the Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans Sagas”, World Association of Medical Law Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel, September 2018
542. “Medicinal Cannabis, Ketamine and the Law”, Melbourne University Health Initiative, Melbourne, 8 August 2018
541. “Legal and Clinic Repercussions of the Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans Litigation”, Health Law Ethics Network, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 21 August 2018
540. “Natural Justice and Procedural Fairness in the Coroners Court”, Judicial College / Coroners Court of Victoria, Yuroke, 16 August 2018.
539. “Cross-Examination”, Victoria Police Legal Services Department Conference, Melbourne, 27 July 2018
538. “Precluded Expert Evidence”, International Congress on Applied Psychology, Conference, Montreal, June 2018.
537. “Scholarly Misconduct in Psychology”, International Congress on Applied Psychology Conference, Montreal, June 2018.
536.”Learning from the Bawa-Garba Experience” Australian Medical Students’ Conference, Melbourne, 25 June 2018
535. “Error, Apology and Self-Preservation in Medical Practice”, Australian Medical Students’ Conference, Melbourne, 25 June 2018
534. “The Strange, New Evolving Medical Environment: Alternative Medicine, Health Tourism and Crowdfunding”, 1st GPs Down Under Conference, Gold Coast, 1 June 2018
533. “Tensions and Traumas in Health Law”, book launch, Melbourne University, Melbourne, 9 May 2018
532. “Regulating Tragic Error: Learning from the Bawa-Garba Saga”, Science and Technology Law Association, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 27 March 2018
531. “Ethics in Paediatric Research”, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Mt Morton, 17 March 2018
530.”Coercive Powers of a Royal Commission”, Foley’s List Seminar, Preparing for a Royal Commission, Melbourne, 13 February 2018
529.”HIV Disclosure and the Law”, Gilead HIV Beyond Undetectable meeting, Melbourne, 23 February 2018
2017
528. “Expert Evidence: The New Australian Environment”, Curtin University, Eminent Speaker Address, Perth, 23 November 2017
527. “Therapeutic Jurisprudence and the Coroner”, New Zealand Coroners’ Conference, Wellington, 21 November 2017
526. “Medical Marijuana: From Debate to Reality?” Institute of Public Administration Australia and La Trobe University, Melbourne, 15 November 2017
525. “Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and the Law”, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Perth, November 2017
524. “Medicinal Cannabis Law Reform, Psychiatry, Psychology and the Law”, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Perth, November 2017
523.”Children’s Responsibility for Criminal Conduct: The Contemporary Role of the Principle of the Doli Incapax Presumption”, The University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, 10 November 2017
522. “The Evolving Health Practitioner-Patient Relationship”, Asian Perspectives on Bioethics, Medical Ethics & Medical Law, University of Macau, Macau, October 2017
521.”The New Doctor-Patient Relationship: Issues for Tort and Coronial Litigation”, Law Society of Tasmania Conference, Strahan, Tasmania, 11 November 2017
520. “Patients with Passports: Health Tourism and the Law”, Medico-Legal Forum, University of Melbourne Law School, Melbourne, 1 August 2017
519. “HIV Transmission and the Criminal Law: Life After s19A”, Clinical Care Network Meeting, The Alfred, Melbourne, 21 June 2017.
518. “Scholarly Misconduct, Unethical Conduct and Reprehensible Conduct by Academics”, University of Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia, 3 July 2017
517. “Fitness to Stand Trial under International Law”, International Fitness to Stand Trial Symposium, Auckland, October 2017.
516. “When Coroners Say No: Decisions that there be No Inquest”, Asia-Pacific Coroners Conference, Adelaide, November 2017
515. “Managing Applications for Objections to Autopsy and Exhumation”, Judicial College of Victoria, Coroners’ Intensive, Dixon’s Creek, Victoria, 4 August 2017.
514. “Developments in Medicinal Cannabis Law Reform”, AUSIMED Seminar, Melbourne, 22 June 2017
513. “Occasional Address at Presentation of Maureen Molloy Medal”, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, April 2017.
512.”Regulating Unorthodox Dental Practice”, Dental Board Conference, Melbourne, 25 August 2017.
511.”Health Tourism, Ethics and the Law”, World Association of Medical Law Conference, Baku, Azerbaijan, 11 July 2017.
510. “Authorisation or Denial of Treatment for Seriously Ill Children”, World Association of Medical Law Conference, Baku, Azerbaijan, 11 July 2017.
509. “Learning from the Pitfalls of Adversarialism”, Launch of the Auckland University of Technology Non-Adversarial Justice Centre, Auckland, 10 March 2017
508. “Scholarly Misconduct”, University of Queensland Public Lecture, Brisbane, 6 September 2017
507. “Scholarly Ethics for Researchers”, University of Groningen, Groningen The Netherlands, May 2017.
506. “Addiction, Mental Illness and the Criminal Law”, University of Groningen, Groningen The Netherlands, May 2017
505. “Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Law”, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, May 2017.
504. “Beyond Bolam: The Future of the Doctor Patient Relationship”, Oxford University, Oxford, 25 May 2017
503. “Expert Evidence”, Oxford University, Oxford, 24 May 2017
502. “Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Homicidality and Risk”, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law and Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry, Royal Australasian College of Forensic Psychiatry, Mental Health, Extremist and Long Actor Grievance-Fuelled Violence, Brisbane, 9 April 2017
501. “Charismatic Authority, Coercive Persuasion and the Cult of Personality: New Religious Movements and their Dangers”, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law and Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry, Royal Australasian College of Forensic Psychiatry, Mental Health, Extremist and Long Actor Grievance-Fueled Violence, Brisbane, 8 April 2017
500. “Death Investigation and Procedural Justice: The Quest for Balance”, 2nd International Conference on Non-Adversarial Justice, Sydney, 8 April 2017
499. “Harnessing the Law to Enhance Research Integrity” 5th World Congress on Research Integrity, Amsterdam, May 2017
498. “Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: International Developments”, International Association of Law and Mental Health Congress, Prague, 14 July 2017
497. “Hoarding Disorder, Squalor and the Law”, International Association of Law and Mental Health Congress, Prague, 13 July 2017
496. “Expert Evidence”, NSW Land and Environment Court Conference, Sydney, 18 May 1017
495. “Research Misconduct: International Legal Issues”, 5th World Congress on Research Integrity, Amsterdam, May 2017
494. “Advance Directives for Medical Treatment”, LIV Elder and Health Law Intensive Conference, Melbourne, 15 March 2016
493. “Expert Evidence: Latest Developments”, Junior Bar Conference, Victorian Bar, Melbourne, 17 February 2017
492. Expert Evidence Accountability: International Issues for Commonwealth Lawyers”, Commonwealth Law Conference, Melbourne, 23 March 2017
2016
491. Capacity Guidelines”, Law Institute of Victoria, Melbourne, 6 December 2016.
490. “Expert Evidence before Tribunals: Perils, Pitfalls and Possibilities”, Australian Institute of Administrative Law, Perth, November 2016
489. “Scholarly Misconduct: Learning from the Perpetrators”, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Victorian Branch Annual Conference, Lorne, 22 October 2016
488. “Expert Evidence: Admissibility, Legal Procedure and Insights from Empirical Studies”, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Annual Congress, Auckland, November, 2016
487. “Cults, Controversies and the Law”, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Annual Congress, Auckland, November 2016
486.”Scholarly Misconduct and the Law”, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 16 August 2016: https://law.unimelb.edu.au/past-events-recordings/earlier
485. “Criminal Law and Research Fraud”, World Medical Law Conference, Los Angeles, August 2016
484. “Deaths in the Course of Criminal Trials” (with Julia Freckelton), World Medical Law Conference, Los Angeles, August 2016
483. “Learning from Research Fraud Scandals”, World Medical Law Conference, Los Angeles, August 2016
482. “Medicinal Cannabis Law Reform: Perils, Promise and Pitfalls”, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 21 November 2016
481.”Ethical and Legal Issues in Mandated Treatment” , Academy of Social Sciences Australia & Monash University, Intervention, prevention and punishment: Authenticity and capacity in Mandated Treatment Workshop, Melbourne, September 2016
480. “Releasing the Body of Deceased Persons by Coroners; Preventing and Resolving Disputes”, Asia-Pacific Coroners Conference, Perth, November 2016.
479. “The Legal Liability of a Psychiatrist in Detaining Patients with Mental Illnesses” (presented by Dr Sam Pang) Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, International Conference, Hong Kong, May 2016.
478. “Plagiarism in the Law: Issues for Students, Practitioners and Judges”, Deakin University Symposium, Melbourne, March 2016
477. “HIV and Criminalisation in Queensland: The Road to Reform”, HIV Foundation Queensland, Brisbane, March 2016.
476. “Expert Evidence in the Children’s Court”, Department of Health and Human Services, Melbourne, February 2016.
475. “Expert Evidence in Tribunal Proceedings”, Australian Institute of Administrative Law, Adelaide, February 2016
474. “Coronial Proceedings in Australia”, Chief Coroner’s Conference, London, May 2016
473. “Developments in Expert Evidence Law and Admissibility”, Legal Eagles Criminal Law Conference, Luang Prabang, Laos, September 2016
472. “Expert Evidence in Criminal Jury Trials”, International Criminal Law Conference, Adelaide, 15 October 2016
2015
471. “Editorial Ethics and Issues of Political Contention in Medicine”, International Academy of Law and Mental Health Conference, Vienna, July 2015
470. “The Artistic Temperament and Fitness to Stand Trial: Ezra Pound and His Treason Trial”, International Academy of Law and Mental Health Conference, Vienna, July 2015
469. ‘The Traumatic Consequences of Litigation: William Dobell’s Portraiture Case and Its Counter-Therapeutic Effects”, International Academy of Law and Mental Health Conference, Vienna, July 2015
468. “Medicinal Cannabis Law Reform: Mental Health and Law Issues”, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law Seminar, Canberra, July 2015
467. “Reform of Medicinal Cannabis Laws”, Law Institute of Victoria, Medico-Legal Group, Melbourne, March 2015
466. “End of Life Decision-Making: Legal Issues in Law Reform”, Australian Medical Association Symposium, Melbourne, July 2015
465. “Medicinal Cannabis: Options for Law Reform”, Community Conference, Brunswick, Melbourne, April 2015
464. “Liability Experts in Medico-Legal Matters”, Legal Wise Seminars, Melbourne, 4 March 2015
463. “How a Psychologist’s Work is Perceived in Court”, Australian Psychological Society, Forensic College, Conference, Sydney, April 2015
462. “Psychologists in Court”, Australian Psychological Society, Forensic College, Conference, Sydney, April 2015
461. “Fitness to Stand Trial: From Ezra Pound to David Eastman”, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 13 April 2015
460. “Specialised Knowledge and Reliability in Expert Evidence”, Judicial College of Victoria, Melbourne, June 2015
459. “Advance Directives in Mental Health Law”, Austin Hospital Grand Round, Melbourne, May 2015
458. “Medicinal Cannabis Law Reform: A Therapeutic Jurisprudence Perspective”, International Therapeutic Jurisprudence Conference, Auckland, September 2015 (Keynote)
457. Victoria’s New Mental Health Legislation: A Year On”, Royal Melbourne Colloquium, Melbourne, August 2015
456. “Managing Complaints”, Lawsense Law for Mental Health Professionals, Melbourne, September 2015
455. “Public Interest Immunity in Coronial Proceedings”, Coronial Legal Professionals Seminar, Melbourne, September 2015
454. “PTSD: New Perspectives on Psychiatric Injury”, Psychology and Law Seminar, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 1 October 2015
453. “Civil Liability for Decisions to Detain Involuntarily”, Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry, Forensic Section and Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Conference, Canberra, November 2015
452. “Scholarly Misconduct: By Their Own Words”, Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry, Forensic Section and Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Conference, Canberra, November 2015
451. “Expert Reports and Cross-Examination after Hudspeth“, Law Society of Tasmania Conference, Tarraleah, Tasmania, November 2015 (Keynote)
450. “Still Births and the Coroner’s Jurisdiction”, Asia-Pacific Coroners’ Society Conference, Hobart, November 2015
2014
449. “The Right to Sex: An Issue of Disability Rights”, Melbourne Social Equity Institute, “Imagining Social Equity”, Melbourne, March 2014
448. “Boundary Blurrings and Transgressions by Teachers: Ethical and Legal Issues”, Australasian Teacher Regulatory Authorities, Melbourne, March 2014
447. “Giving Expert Evidence and Writing Reports”, Australian Road Transport Suppliers Association, Port Melbourne, March 2014
446. “HIV and Criminalisation”, Victorian AIDS Centre meeting at DLA Piper (with Simon Moglia), Melbourne, March 2014
445. “Mental Health Law Reform”, Public meeting sponsored by the Mental Health Commission, the Public Advocate and QUT, Brisbane, May 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSRJ4FB6-I0
444. “HIV and Criminal Charges”, Victorian Bar (with Simon Moglia), Melbourne, June 2014
443. “Research Fraud in Science and Medicine”, 9th International Symposium on Advances in Legal Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan, June 2014
442. “Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity: Decision-Making about Release”, International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, Toronto, June 2014 (keynote address)
441. “Fraud in Medicine, Science and the Courts, : Issues for Practice”, International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, Toronto, Canada, June 2014
440. “Expert Evidence at the Frontiers: Issues for Psychologists”, Launceston, July 2014
439. “Plagiarism in Law, Medicine and Public Life”, Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, July 2014
438. “Autism Spectrum Disorder in Family Law”, Family Law Interest Group, Melbourne, July 2014
437. “Expert Evidence in 2013”, Launch of Korda Mentha book, Melbourne, July 2014
436. “Evidence-Based Medicine and the Law”, World Association for Medical Law Conference, Nusa Dua, Bali, August 2014
435. “Professor Gilderoy Lockhart and Deception in Harry Potter: Why Does Research Fraud Matter?” World Association for Medical Law Conference, Nusa Dua, Bali, August 2014
434. “Ethical and Regulatory Issues for Dentists in Charging , Advertising and Self-Promotion”, Anthony Roseman Memorial Lecture, ADAVB Convention, Melbourne, August 2014
433. “Lessons from India: The Aruna Shanbaug Decision”, QUT End of Life Conference, Brisbane, August 2014
432. “Research Fraud in Medicine”, Greek-Australian Medico-Legal Conference, Costa Navarino, Greece, September 2014
431. “The New Era in Mental Health Law in Victoria”, Victorian Bar seminar, Melbourne, November, 2014
430. “Current Issues for Regulation of Nurses and Midwives” Maurice Blackburn Seminar (with Simon Moglia), Melbourne, June 2014
429. “The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination in Coronial Law”, Asia Pacific Coroners Conference, Melbourne, November 2014
428. “Research Fraud in Psychiatry and Psychology”, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law Conference, Sydney, November 2014
2013
427. “National Regulation of Dentistry”, Dental Board of Australia National Conference, Melbourne, 10 May 2013
426. “The Obligations of the State as a Model Litigant: Rights and Reasonable Expectations”, Law Institute of Victoria, Human Rights Series, Melbourne, 19 June 2013
425. “The State as Model Litigant: Swords, Shields and Defences”, Law Institute of Victoria, Government Lawyers Conference, Melbourne, 14 June 2013
424. “Disciplinary Notifications and the Family Court”, Psychology and Law Conference, Fremantle, April 2013
423. “Stillbirths and Law Reform”, Coroners’ Conference of Victoria, Lancefield, May 2013
422. “The Model Litigant Obligations for Department of Human Services Litigation”, Department of Human Services, Melbourne, July 2013
421. “Death Investigation in Death in Custody Cases: An International Perspective”, INPALMS Conference, Kuala Lumpur, October 2013 (Keynote address)
420. “Expert Evidence: International Developments”, INPALMS Conference, Kuala Lumpur, October 2013
419. “Death Investigation of State Custody Cases: The Aftermath of the Hendry Report”, Human Rights Commission, Kuala Lumpur, October 2013
418. “Sexual Surrogacy, Law and Ethics: Beyond ‘The Sessions’”, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Hobart, September 2013
417. “Hoarding and the Law”, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Adelaide, November 2013 (Keynote address)
416. “Blurring and Transgressing Professional Boundaries: Disciplinary Decisions”, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Adelaide, November 2013 (Keynote address)
415. “Human Rights in the Coroner’s Court”,Asia-Pacific Coroners’ Society Conference, Darwin, October 2013 (Keynote address)
414. “Boundary Transgressions and Blurring: Teachers, Doctors and Psychiatrists”: Victorian Institute of Teaching, Melbourne, November 2013
413. “Expert Engineering Evidence”, Forensic Engineering Society of Australia, Melbourne, October 2013
412. “The Pillars of Liberty: The Writ of Habeas Corpus and the Parens Patriae Jurisdiction”, Michael Jones Lecture , Bond University, The Gold Coast, November 2013 (Oration): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA7HMnqQGNc
411. “Trends in Health Practitioner Regulation”, Akolade Health Law Conference, Melbourne, November 2013
410. “Research Fraud and the Law”, Kirby Lecture, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, November 2013 (Oration)
2012
409. “Acting as a Model Litigant: Challenges for Government Lawyers”, Victorian Government Lawyers, Melbourne, 23 February 2012
408. “Prosecution Ethics”, Department of Transport, Melbourne, 2 March 2012
407. “Disclosure in VWA Prosecutions”, VWA Prosecutors, Melbourne, 26 March 2012
406. “Regulating Health Practitioner Misconduct and Patient Rights”, 21st Annual IIR Medico-Legal Congress, Sydney, 30 March 2012
405. “Advanced Practice in Radiography and Radiation Therapy”, Radiation Imaging Conference, Sydney, 21 April 2012
404. “Practising Psychology and Complying with Ethical Obligations”, Australian Guidance and Counselling Association, Hobart, 28 April 2012
403. “Brain Injuries and the Criminal Law”, Prato, Italy, 7 May 2012
402. “The Fit and Proper Person Requirement for Registration and Issues in Boundary Transgression as a Medical Practitioner”, Medical Board of Australia, Freycinet, Tasmania, 6 July 2012
401. “Checks and Balances on Legislated Preventive Detention”, Gold Coast, Bond University Preventive Detention Conference, July 2012
400. “International Issues in Complementary Health Practitioner Regulation”, Maceio, Brazil, 8 August 2012
399. “International Issues in Death Investigation”, Maceio, Brazil, 8 August 2012
398. “Heterodoxy in Clinical and Forensic Practice: the Pain of Disappointed Expectations”, Lake Como, Italy, August 2012
397. “End of Life: Reflection on the Nicklinson Saga”, Ormond College, Melbourne, 3 September 2012
396. “Regulating Health Practitioners: the Evolving Environment”, East Coast (Qld, NSW & Vic) Medico-Legal Conference, Sanctuary Cove, 1 September 2012
395. “Brain Injuries and Sentencing”, International Criminal Law Congress, Queenstown, NZ, 15 September 2012
394. “Psychology and the Law: Current Issues in the Shadow of DSM-V”, Australian Guidance and Counselling Association, Adelaide, November 2012
393. “Foetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Law”,Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Melbourne, Conference, November 2012
392. “Scholarly Misconduct and the Law”, Canberra, Academy of Social Sciences Australia, November 2012
391. “Developments and Current Issues in Expert Evidence Law”, Thomson Reuters Seminar, Sydney, November 2012
390. “Developments and Current Issues in Expert Evidence Law”, Thomson Reuters Seminar, Melbourne, November 2012
389. “The Continuing Relevance of Autopsies for Death Investigation”, Asia-Pacific Coroners’ Society Conference, Sydney, November 2012 (Debate)
388. “The Deaths of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and of his Psychiatrist: The More Things Change …”, Medico-Legal Psychiatrists Group, Melbourne, 10 December 2012
2011
387. “Debacles in Expert Evidence”, Judicial College of Australia/ANU Legal Workshop, Expert Evidence Symposium, Canberra, February 2011
386. “Forensic Statistics and Causation”, Forensic Statistics and Justice Symposium, The Lorentz Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands, April 2011
385. “Looking to the Future of Science and Justice: the Legacy of Lucia”, Forensic Statistics and Justice Symposium, The Lorentz Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands, April 2011
384. “Medical Practitioners as Expert Witnesses”, AMA Symposium Melbourne, May 2011
383. “Coronial Law after Tyler Cassidy: Issues for Plaintiff Lawyers”, Australian Lawyers Alliance Victorian Annual Conference, Torquay, May 2011
382. “Public Interest Issues in the Coroner’s Jurisdiction: When Coroners Need Not Make Circumstances Findings”, Judicial College of Victoria, Lancefield, June, 2011
381. “Developments in Coronial Law: Appellate Issues in 2010/2011”, Judicial College of Victoria, Lancefield, June 2011
380. “Unscientific Health Care: Challenges for Law, Medicine and Ethics”, Australian Association of Bioethics and Health Law Conference, Gold Coast, July 2011 (Kirby Oration)
379. “Rights to Die: the Emerging Australian Jurisprudence”, Australian Association of Bioethics and Health Law Conference, Gold Coast, July 2011
378. “Fraud and Plagiarism in Science, Medicine and Law: Lessons from the German Experience”, International Academy of Law and Mental Health, Berlin, July 2011
377. “Liability for Negligently Caused Mental Harm: International Issues” International Academy of Law and Mental Health, Berlin, July 2011
376. “Expert Witness Immunity”, Medico-Legal Psychiatrists Group, Melbourne, August 2011
375. “Coronial Law and Practice After the Tyler Cassidy Inquest”, Legal Centres Maurice Blackburn Symposium, Melbourne, September 2011
374. “Expert Evidence Accountability: Challenges and New Developments”, South Australian Bar Conference, Victor Harbor, October 2011
373. “Advocacy: Effectively Giving and Presenting Evidence”, Lexis Nexis Advocacy Conference, Melbourne, October 2011
372. “Reflections on Coronership Twenty Years After the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody”, Asia-Pacific Coroners’ Society Conference, Noosa, November 2011
371. “Concurrent Evidence: Opportunities for Inquests”, Asia-Pacific Coroners Society Conference, Noosa, November 2011
370. “Asperger’s Disorder and the Criminal Law”, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law Congress, Wellington, November 2011
369. “New Challenges for the Role of Mental Health Expert Witness”, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law Congress, Wellington, November 2011
368. “National Regulation of Health Practitioners: Issues for Plaintiff Lawyers” , Australian Lawyers Alliance Annual Conference, Hamilton Island, October 2011
2010
367. “Expert Evidence in Civil and Criminal Litigation”, Tribuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, January 2010
366. “Ethical Prosecuting”, Attorney-General’s Office, Paro, Bhutan, January 2010
365. “Supervision Orders and the Jurisprudence of the Detention of the Mentally Ill”, Mental Health Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, February 2010.
364. “Important Changes in Evidence Admissibility”, Leo Cussen Professional Education Seminar, Melbourne, 22 March 2010
363. “Advocacy before Mental Health Review Tribunals”, Allens Pro Bono Seminar, Melbourne, April 2010
362. “Involuntary Status Decision-Making”, Eastern Health, Box Hill, Melbourne, April 2010
361. “Involuntary Status, Insight and New Developments”, Forensic College of Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Brisbane, April 2010
360. “Coroners and Therapeutic Jurisprudence: New Developments”, AIJA Non Adversarial Justice Conference, Canberra, May 2010
359. “National Regulation of Health Practitioners”, Guild Law, Melbourne, May 2010
358. “Confining those Found Not Guilty by Reason of Mental Impairment: the Victorian Experiment”, Prato, Italy, May 2010
357. “Abortion Law Reform in Victoria”, Family Planning Victoria, Melbourne, June 2010
356. “Huntington’s Chorea and the Criminal Law”, European Association of Psychology and Law Conference, Goteborg, Sweden, June 2010
355, “Asperger’s Disorder and Family Law”, European Association of Psychology and Law Conference, Goteborg, Sweden, June 2010
354. “The Psychology and Legal Consequences of Plagiarism”, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law Congress, Gold Coast, August 2010
353. “Huntington’s Disease and Prediction” Issues for Psychiatry, Psychology and Law”, 30th Australian and new Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law Congress, Gold Coast, August 2010 (Presidential Address)
352. “Withdrawal of Food and Water”, World Federation of Right to Die Associations Conference, Melbourne, October 2010
351. “Health Practitioners’ Liability in Voluntary Death Cases” World Federation of Right to Die Associations Conference, Melbourne, October 2010
350. “Coronial Reform: The Contentious Issues A Year On”, Guild Law Symposium, Melbourne, November 2010
349. “Darkness on the Edge of Science: Scholarly Fraud and Plagiarism”, Forensic Science Society AGM, Melbourne, October 2010
2009
348. “Food Law: Challenges and New Directions” Deakin University Food Law Symposium, Geelong January 2009
347. “Appealing to the Future: the Kirby Contribution in Perspective”, State Library, Sydney, February 2009
346. “Mental Health Legislation Law Reform”, ANZAPPL, Melbourne, 2009
345. “Psychologists as Diagnosticians”, Forensic Psychology Conference, Melbourne, February 2009
344. “Professional Misconduct” (keynote address) Nurses Board Conference of Australasia, Melbourne, March 2009
343. “Policing the Mentally Ill” (keynote address), VIFM Police Conference, Melbourne, March 2009
342. “Appealing to the Future”, Airey’s Inlet Writers’ Conference, Airey’s Inlet, August, 2009
341. “Victims’ Compensation from Offenders”, Lawyers’ Alliance Conference, Torquay, May 2009
340. “Vexatious Litigant Law Reform” Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Weekend Symposium, Yarra Glen, May 2009
339. “Extra-Legal Considerations in Involuntariness”, Prato, Italy, May 2009
338. “Mental Health Defences under International Criminal Law”, Aberdeen University, Scotland, June 2009
337. “Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability and Sentencing: International Perspectives”, Dundee University, Scotland, June 2009
336. “Mental State Defences under International Criminal Law” , University of Galway, Ireland, June 2009
335. “Prediction of Self-harm: Civil Litigation Issues” International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 2008
334. “Suicide Litigation”, Monash University, The Dean’s Lecture, Melbourne, May 2009
333. “Expert Evidence Admissibility under the Uniform Evidence Act”, Judges’ Associates Conference, Melbourne, June 2009
332. “Early Intervention and Challenges for Therapeutic Jurisprudence”, International Academy of Law and Mental Health Conference, New York, July 2009
331. “Perils in Proving More than Psychiatric Problems” International Academy of Law and Mental Health Conference, New York, July 2009
330. “Innovations in Sentencing of Offenders with Psychiatric Disorders” International Academy of Law and Mental Health Conference, New York, July 2009 (with Danielle Andrewartha)
329. “Coronial Procedures and Neonatal Deaths”, Angliss Hospital, Melbourne, July 2009
328. “The New Coronial Processes”, Northern Suburbs Law Association, Bulleen, Melbourne, August 2009
327. “Reforms in Coroners’ Procedures”, Guild Law, Melbourne, August 2009
326. “Autism Spectrum Disorders and Criminal Responsibility”, RANZCP, Forensic Section, Melbourne, August 2009
325. “Evaluating Expert Reports and Evidence”, Quality Managers of Forensic Science Laboratories, Conference, Melbourne, August 2009 (Keynote address)
324. “The Changing Role of the Coroner: International Perspectives”, Greek/Australian Medico-Legal Conference, Corfu, September 2009
323. “Aspergers and the Law”, European Association of Psychology and the Law, Sorrento, Italy, September 2009
322. “Suicide and the Law”, European Association of Psychology and the Law, Sorrento, Italy, September 2009
321. “Insight, Compliance and Extra-Legislative Considerations in Involuntariness”, Mental Health Boards Conference, Adelaide, October 2009 (Keynote address)
320. “Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability and Sentencing”, Bond University, Gold Coast, October 2009
319. “Complaints to Registration Boards”, Australian Psychological Society (WA Branch), Perth, November 2009
318. “Asperger’s Disorder in Family and Criminal Law”, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, November 2009
317. “Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Law”, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry Annual Congress, Melbourne, November 2009 (Keynote address)
316. “Restraint, Responsiveness and Reform”, Australian College of Emergency Medicine, Annual Conference, Melbourne, November 2009 (Keynote address)
315. “National Evidence Law: the Key Changes”, Leo Cussen Professional Education Seminar, Melbourne, November 2009
314. “Remote Issues of Coronership”, Magistrates Conference of Western Australia, Perth, November 2009.
313. “Coronial Law Reform: The Way Forward”, Asia-Pacific Coroners Conference, Canberra, November 2009 (Keynote Address)
2008
312. Refugee Review Tribunal/Migration Review Tribunal, “Assessing and Evaluating Mental Health Expert Evidence”, Melbourne, February 2008
311. Thomson Criminal Law Symposium, “Human Rights, Criminal Injuries Compensation and Sentencing of the Mentally Ill”, Melbourne, March 2008
310. Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Pathologists, “Developments in Expert Evidence”, Sydney, March 2008
309. Australian National University Seminar on Patient Safety, “Performance Management of Health Practitioners”, Canberra, April 2008
308. Australian Lawyers Alliance, “The Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities and Plaintiff Lawyering”, Torquay, April 2008 (with Simon McGregor)
307. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “Legal Developments in Actuarial Risk Prediction”, Marysville, May 2008
306. Criminal Bar Association, Victorian Bar, “Pleas for Sex Offenders: Risks, Recidivism and Recalcitrance”, Melbourne, May 2008
305. Health Services Commissioner, Forum for Independent Review Panel Members, “Natural Justice and Decision-making”, Melbourne, May 2008
304. European Association of Psychology and Law, “Employers’ Responsibilities to Avoid Causing Psychiatric Injuries”, Maastricht, Holland, July 2008
303. European Association of Psychology and Law, “Sentencing Mentally Ill Offenders”, Maastricht, Holland, July 2008
302. International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, “Balancing Coercion and Recovery: The Dilemma of Early Interventions”, Vienna, Austria, July 2008
301. Melbourne University, Department of Psychiatry, “Suing Psychiatrists”, Melbourne, July 2008
300. PILCH, “Appealing Coroners’ Findings and Recommendations”, Melbourne, 28 August 2008
299 Maurice Blackburn Legal Centres Symposium, “The Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities: Issues for Plaintiff Lawyers”, Melbourne, 11 September 2008
298 Australian Society for Trauma Studies, “Expert Evidence in PTSD Cases”, Melbourne, September 2008
297. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “From Dresden to Melbourne A Century Later: Resonances of Schreber”, Perth, September 2008
296. Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society, International Conference, “Expert Witnesses and Accountability”, Melbourne, October 2008
295. Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society, International Conference, “Dealing with Novel Scientific Evidence”, Melbourne, October 2008
294. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 25th Annual Congress, “Duties and Rights to Detain the Suicidal and Dangerous: The Liability of Psychiatrists and Police”, Sydney, 2008
293. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 25th Annual Congress, “Fitness for Interview”, Sydney, October 2008
292. Australian Lawyers Alliance, “The Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities and Plaintiff Lawyering”, Auckland, October 2008 (with Simon McGregor, IF in absentia)
291. SIGPET, “Confidentiality in General Practice”, Katoomba, October 2008
290. Holocaust Museum, “Learning from the Past: Regulating Effectively”, Nazi Medicine, Melbourne, November 2008
289. “Good Character and the Medical Practitioner” The Greek Conference, Masterclass, Melbourne, November 2008
288. “Bioethics, Biopolitics and Regulation of Medical Practitioners: Learning from the Nazi Doctor Phenomenon” Jewish Holocaust Museum Seminar, Melbourne, 23 October 2008
287. “Coronial Law Reform: Responding to the Coroner”, VMIA Seminar, Melbourne, 26 November 2008
286. “Dealing with the Coroner”, Box Hill Hospital, Melbourne, 28 November 2008
2007
285. Judicial College of Australia, Confidence in the Courts Conference, “Expert Evidence: Miss Marple and the Snake Oil Salesman”, Melbourne, February 2007
284. Bond University, “Expert Evidence by Mental Health Professionals: Current Controversies”, Gold Coast, March 2007
283. Health Law Committee, Law Institute of Victoria, “Health Regulation Investigations, Access to Information and Unusual Notifications: Ramifications of the Royal Women’s Hospital Case”, Melbourne, April 2007
282. Health Regulation Boards Seminar, “Professional Standards Panels”, Melbourne, May 2007.
281. Health Practitioners Boards Seminar, “Fundamental Issues under HPRA: VCAT and Beyond”, Melbourne, May 2007
280. Monash University, “Public Health and Human Rights: An Overview”, Prato, Italy, June 2007
279. International Academy of Law and Mental Health, “Not Therapeutic Jurisprudence: the Tyrannies of Trendiness”, Padova, June 2007
278. International Academy of Law and Mental Health, “The Parameters of Professional Regulation: Disjunctions, Dilemmas and Deterrence”, Padova, Italy, June 2007
277. International Academy of Law and Mental Health, “Experiments in Mental Health Law Reform”, Padova, June 2007
276. International Academy of Law and Mental Health, “Regaining Good Character” Padova, June 2007
275. International Academy of Law and Mental Health “The Health of Health Practitioners”, Padova, June 2007 (with Patricia Molloy)
274. European Association of Psychology and Law & American Society of Psychology and Law “Regulation of Mental Health Experts”, Adelaide, July 2007 (keynote address)
273. European Association of Psychology and Law & American Society of Psychology and Law “Teaching on the Edge: Psychology and Law and Psychiatry and Law”, Adelaide, July 2006 (keynote address)
272. Crown Prosecutors Conference of Australia, “Trial by Numbers: Laments and Liabilities”, Sydney, July 2007.
271. FW Guest Memorial Lecture, “Death Investigation and the Evolving Role of the Coroner”, Dunedin, July 2007
270. Australian National University, “Oratory and Rhetoric in the Ancient World: Models of Persuasion”, Canberra, July 2007
269. Australian and New Zealand Institute of Health Law and Ethics, “Imposition of the Ultimate Sanctions: Deregistration, Reregistration and Suspension of Health Practitioners”, Melbourne, November 2007
268. Australian Society of Paediatric Imaging, “Expert Evidence in Non-accidental Injury Cases”, Melbourne, October 2007
267. South Australian Health Practitioner Board Member Orientation Symposium, “Procedural Justice and Disciplinary Hearings”, Adelaide, November 2007
266. Victorian CPD Conference, “New Developments in Criminal Law”, Melbourne, March 2008
265. Australian Council of Health Care Executives, La Trobe University Public Lecture, “Report Cards and Accountability for Practitioners and Institutions”, Melbourne, October 2007
264. International Doctors’ Health Conference, “Doctors’ Health: the Legal Spectre”, Sydney, October 2007.
263. Auckland University of Technology, “Difficult Issues in Health Practitioner Regulation”, Auckland, December 2007
262. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “Judge Schreber and the Lessons to be Learned 100 Years On”, Auckland, December 2007
261. Australian College of Legal Medicine Expert Evidence Seminar, “Barristers’ and Judges’ Perspectives on Expert Evidence”, Melbourne, October 2007
260. Lexis Nexis Criminal Law Symposium, “Deviancy and Iconoclasm in Expert Evidence”, Auckland,, December 2007
2006
259. Law Institute of Victoria, “Disability Law Update”, Melbourne, April 2006
258. Victorian Bar, “Representing Health Practitioners in Disciplinary Proceedings”, Melbourne, April 2006
257. “Vexatious Complainants and Litigants: An Overview”, Prato, Italy, June 2006
256. “Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Disciplinary Regulation”, International Therapeutic Jurisprudence Conference, Perth, May 2006
255. “Therapeutic Jurisprudence and the Coroner’s Inquest”, International Therapeutic Jurisprudence Conference, Perth, May 2006
254. “Findings and Recommendations by Coroners”, Law Institute Symposium, Melbourne, June 2006
253. Public Advocates Conference, “Public Advocates and Human Rights”, Perth, August 2006
252. “Victim’s Compensation: the Evolving Role of Lawyers in a Difficult Environment” Law Council of Australia and National Pro Bono Centre, Melbourne, August 2006
251. Australian College of Legal Medicine, “Medico-Legal Guidelines”, Melbourne, October, 2006
250. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “Learning from the Melbourne-Voyager Litigation” Lorne, November 2006
249. Council of Australian Tribunals, “Perils and Pitfalls in Uncritical Therapeutic Jurisprudence Rhetoric”, Melbourne, October 2006
2005
248. International Forensic Mental Health Services Conference, “Monitoring Mad Murderers”, Melbourne, April 2005
247. Law Institute of Victoria, Commercial Law Section, “Capacity”, Melbourne, April 2005
246. Australian Plaintiff Lawyers Association, “Social Security Repayments”, Lorne, May, 2005
245. Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators, “Expert Witnesses and Evidence”, Canberra, May 2005
244. Indonesian Medical Association, “Medical Malpractice Litigation”, Jakarta, June 2005
243. Indonesian Paediatric Association, “Regulating Doctors”, Jakarta, June 2005
242. Lithuanian Institute of Forensic Medicine, “Medical Regulation and Accountability”, Vilnius, Lithuania, June 2005
241. International Association of Law and Mental Health, “Distractions in Civil Commitment Evaluations and Decision-making”, Paris, France, June 2005
240. International Association of Law and Mental Health, “Querulent Paranoia and Vexatious Litigants”, Paris, France, June 2005
239. International Association of Law and Mental Health, “Community Treatment Orders: Current issues in Australia”, Paris, France, June 2005
238. University of London, “Psychology and Law in the Courts”, London, June 2005.
237. “Perils and Pitfalls”, Asia-Pacific Coroners’ Society Conference, Melbourne, May 2005
236. European Association of Psychology and Law, “Criminal Profiling Evidence”, Vilnius, Lithuania, June 2005
235. European Association of Psychology and Law, “Mental State Defences to War Crimes”, Vilnius, Lithuania, June 2005
234. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “Coroners as Preventers of Death”, Queenscliff, August 2005
233. New Zealand Coroners Society, “Current Developments in Coronial Law”, Wellington, September 2005
232. Marce Society, “Infanticide and the Law”, Melbourne, September 2005
231. Australian Psychological Society, “Therapeutic Jurisprudence and the Disciplinary Regulation”, Melbourne, September 2005
230. Bipolar Society, “Bipolar Affective Disorder and the Law”, Hobart, October 2005
229. Family Law Conference of New Zealand, “Predicting Risk”, Wellington, October 2005
228. Law Society of South Australia Conference, “Developments in Expert Evidence”, Adelaide, October 2005
227. International Institute of Forensic Studies, “Expert Evidence: New Developments”, Broome, October 2005
226. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “Psychiatric Injury Compensability”, Wellington, October 2005
225. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “Madness, Migration and Mendacity: Lessons from the Tragedy of Tale of Cornelia Rau”, Wellington, October 2005
224. University of Sydney, Health Law Seminar, “Accountability of Expert Witnesses”, Sydney, November, 2005
223. Myers Oration, “Untimely Deaths, Law and Mental Illness”, Melbourne, November 2005
222. Victoria Legal Aid Conference, “Sentencing the Mentally Ill”, Melbourne, November 2005
221. Indonesian Medical Association, “Standards for Disciplinary Regulation”, Jakarta, December 2005 (keynote address)
220. Indonesian Pediatric Association, “Causation and Malpractice”, Jakarta, December 2005 (keynote address)
2004
219. International Medico-Legal Conference, “Ethics and Medical Regulation: Public and Private Issues”, Rethymnon, Crete, May, 2004
218. International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities, “Disciplinary Hearings and Therapeutic Jurisprudence”, Dublin, April, 2004
217. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “Confounding Terms in Involuntary Detention Decision-making”, Port Douglas, July 2004 (keynote address)
216. World Medical Law Congress, “Regulating Health Care Practitioners: Contemporary Issues”, Sydney, August 2004 (keynote address)
215. Australian Bioethics Association/Australian Institute of Health Law and Ethics, “Rights to Forensic Impartiality”, Sydney, November, 2004
214. CCN Conference, “Legal Issues Relating to Cognitive Impairments in the Elderly”, Sydney, November 2004
213. 5th National Investigators Conference, “Impairments of Competency” Sydney, October 2004
212. 5th National Investigators Conference, “Vexatious Complaining to Investigators”, Sydney, October 2004
211. Victorian Bar, “Accounting Evidence”, Melbourne, October 2004
210. Australian Psychological Society, “Competency Issues and the Aged”, Sydney, November 2004
209. Council of the Ageing, “Legal Liability of Strength Trainers”, Melbourne, November 2004
208. Centre for Applied Ethics and Philosophy, Surgeons’ Performance Measurement, Melbourne, November 2004
2003
207. Greek/Australian Medico-Legal Conference, “Governance of Gynaecological Cytology”, Rhodes, June 2003
206. European Association of Psychology and Law & American Society of Psychology and Law “Causation in Forensic Psychology”, Edinburgh, July 2003
205. Australian Plaintiff Lawyers Association, “The New Generation of Psychiatric Injury Claims: Possibilities and Problems”, Lorne, May 2003
204. World Victimology Conference, “Therapeutic Perspectives on Victim Compensation”, Stellenbosch, South Africa, July 2003
203. Insolvency Practitioners Conference, “Liquidators as Experts”, Sydney, March 2003
202. Coroners Conference, “Expert Evidence Evaluation in Coroners Cases”, Melbourne, May 2003
201. Public Health Law Centre Conference, “Epidemiology and the Law”, Melbourne, July 2003
200. Environmental Protection Agency Workshop, “What Barristers Expect of Expert Witnesses”, Melbourne, August 2003
199. Judicial College of Victoria, “DNA Profiling Law”, Melbourne, October 2003
198. Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, “Role of General Practitioners in Coronial Inquiries”, Melbourne, October 2003
197. Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age Meeting, “Testamentary Capacity”, Melbourne, October 2003
196. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “Developments in Psychiatric Injury Law”, Fremantle, October, 2003
195. Forensic College of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, “The Law of Nervous Shock”, Geelong, November 2003
194. International Association of Law and Mental Health, “Divarications in Mental Health Law”, Sydney, October 2003
193. International Association of Law and Mental Health, “Mental Illness and Intellectual Disability in the Criminal Justice System: Reflections on Subtleties”, Sydney, October 2003 (Keynote Address)
192. Australian Institute of Health Law and Ethics, “The Right to Die”, Hobart, November 2003
191. Australian Institute of Health Law and Ethics, “The Insurance Crisis”, Hobart, November, 2003
190. Launch of Bank Art Gallery, “David Boyd, Courts and Visual Representations”, Yarraville, Melbourne, November 2003
2002
189. Australian Family Law Conference, “It May be Fact but Is It Evidence?”, Melbourne, March 2002
188. International Association of Law and Mental Health, “Involuntary Detention of Persons Not Guilty by Reason of Mental Impairment”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 2002
187. Australian Institute of Judicial Administration, Tribunals Conference, “Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Tribunal Processes”, Melbourne, May 2002.
186. International Institute of Forensic Studies, “All in the Family: Investigation and Decision-Making in Professional Disciplinary Tribunals”, Prato, Italy, July 2002 (with David List)
185. International Institute of Forensic Studies, “Causation in Coronial Law”, Prato, Italy, July 2002 (with David Ranson)
184. Architects Board of Victoria, “Fairness, Credibility and Decision-Making”, Melbourne, May 2002
183. BLEC Psychiatric Injury Conference, “Compensation for Psychiatric Injury”, Sydney, May 2002
182. New Zealand Ministry of Health, “Paradoxes of Rights: Mental Health Acts”, Auckland, August 2002 (keynote address)
181. Auckland University of Technology, “Narratives of Forensic Mental Illness”, Auckland, August 2002
180. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “Parental Alienation Syndrome”, Darwin, July 2002 (with Bob Adler)
179. Australian Plaintiff Lawyers Association, “Compensation for Psychiatric Injury”, Hobart, October 2002
178. Office of the Public Advocate Community Visitors Conference, “Community Visitors and Human Rights”, Melbourne, June 2002
177. International Criminal Law Congress, Access to Resources in Criminal Trials”, Melbourne, October 2002
176. International Criminal Law Congress, ”DNA Profiling: Civil Liberties Issues”, Melbourne, October 2002
175. International Congress of Family Court Judges and Magistrates, “Proof on the Balance of Probabilities”, Melbourne, October 2002
174. Law Institute of Victoria, Administrative Law Section, “Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Administrative Law”, Melbourne, September, 2002
173. Law and Literature Conference, “The Extraordinary Tale of Daniel Schreber and His Release from the Sonnenstein Asylum”, Melbourne, November, 2002
172. VCAT Mediators, “Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Mediation”, Melbourne, October 2002
171. Mental Health Review Tribunals, “Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Tribunal Decision-Making”, Melbourne, October 2002
170. Administrative Review Tribunal, “Expert Evidence and Tribunal Decision-making”, Sydney, November 2002
169. Australian Psychological Society, Perils Pitfalls and Possibilities, Psychologists as Expert Witnesses”, Brisbane, November 2002
2001
168. Law Institute of Victoria, “Criminal Injuries Compensation Developments”, Melbourne, March 2001
167. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “The Evolution of Compensation for Victims of Crime: the Therapeutic Jurisprudence of Money”, Melbourne, November 2001
166. Australian Institute of Health Law and Ethics, “Cosmetic Surgery: the New Frontier of Medical Negligence Litigation”, Melbourne, July 2001
165. Australian Psychological Society, “Expert Evidence for Psychologists: New Developments”, Melbourne, May 2001
164. Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, “Informed Consent, Cosmetic Surgery and Issues for Forensic Psychiatry”, Brisbane, March 2001
163. Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, “Changing Focusses on Compensating Victims of Crime”, Melbourne, March 2001
162. Lawasia, “Expert Evidence – Thinking Outside the Square”, Christchurch, New Zealand, October 2001
161. Lawasia, “Evaluating Psychological Evidence”, Christchurch, New Zealand, October 2001
160. European Association of Psychology and Law, “Good Character Evidence”, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2001
159. Australian Institute of Health, Law and Ethics, “Epidemiology Evidence: the New Frontier”, Melbourne, June 2001
158. Vrije University, “Suicide Litigation”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2001
157. Forensic College of Psychologists, “Sex, Lies and Incompetence: A View from the Psychologists Registration Board”, Melbourne, October, 2001
156. Psychology and Law Conference, “Good Character Evidence” (with Richard Bell), Sydney, February 2001
155. Psychology and Law Conference, “Fitness to Stand Trial” (with Astrid Birgden), Sydney, February 2001
154. Victorian Trades Hall Council, Book Launch, “The Militarisation of Contemporary Policing”, Melbourne, April, 2001
153. International Institute of Forensic Studies, “Expert Evidence of Causation”, Prato, Italy, July 2002
152. Australian Plaintiff Lawyers Association, “Changes in Psychiatric Injury Law”, Lorne, Victoria, May 2002
151. Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Forensic College Meeting, “Compensating Victims of Crime”, Melbourne, July 2001
150. BLEC Conference on Medical Negligence, Stress in the Workplace Conference, “Expert Evidence”, Sydney, September 2001
149. Australian Institute of Judicial Administration, 2001 Annual Conference, “Magistrates’ Perspectives on Expert Evidence”, Melbourne, July 2001
148. Victorian Magistrates’ Conference, “Victims of Crime Assistance”, Melbourne, July 2001
147. Sydney University Health Law Symposium, “Causation in Medical Negligence Litigation”, Sydney, July 2001
146. Law Institute of Victoria, Competency and Disability, “Competency”, Melbourne, August 2001
145. Australian Psychological Society, Forensic College, “Syndrome Evidence: the New Controversies”, Melbourne, August 2001
144. Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, “Expert Evidence and Psychiatric Injury”, Sydney, September 2001
143. Office of the Public Advocate, Community Visitors Conference, “Law and The Role of Community Visitors”, Melbourne, October 2001
142. Australian Psychological Society, Forensic College, “Disciplining Professionals”, Melbourne, October 2001
141. BLEC, Catastrophic Injury Conference, “When Doctors Disagree”, Sydney, December 2001
140. Australian Institute of Administrative Law, “Credibility Evaluation for Tribunal Members: Mistaking Mendacity”, Melbourne, November 2001
2000
139. LAAMS, Medico-Legal: Understanding Post-Traumatic Conditions, “Trauma Evidence and Reports”, Melbourne, February 2000
138. Law Institute of Victoria, “Expert Evidence”, Melbourne, May 2000.
137. European Association of Psychology and Law, Keynote Address, “The Expert Witness in the Court: Issues, Concerns and Likely Developments”, Limassol, Cyprus, April 2000 (keynote opening address).
136. International Academy of Law and Mental Health, “Social Psychology Evidence and Prejudicial Publicity”, Siena, Italy, July 2000
135. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 21st Annual Congress, “Sub Judice Contempt and Psychology Evidence” Auckland, August 2000
134. BLEC, “Key Current Issues in Expert Evidence”, Melbourne, March 2000
133. Freehills Seminar Group, “Latest Developments in Expert Evidence Law and Procedure”, Melbourne, July 2000
132. Australian and New Zealand College of Forensic Psychiatrists “Perspectives on Expert Evidence”, Sydney, August 2000
131. Law Institute of Victoria, “Applications for Compensation in Health and Safety Prosecutions”, Melbourne, September 2000
130. Australian Institute of Criminology, “Application of Stalking Law”, Sydney, December 2000
1999
129. International Academy of Law and Mental Health, “Personality Disorders and Competency”, Toronto, June 1999
128. International Academy of Law and Mental Health, “The End of Pleasure for the Governor”, Toronto, June 1999
127. American Association of Law and Psychology and European Association of Law and Psychology, “Judicial Attitudes Toward Mental Health Professionals”, Dublin, Ireland, July 1999
126. American Association of Law and Psychology and European Association of Law and Psychology, “The Syndrome Phenomenon”, Dublin, Ireland, July 1999
125. American Association of Psychology and Law and European Association of Law and Psychology, “Cultural Impediments to the Contribution of Behavioural Scientists to Legislative Law Reform”, Dublin, July 1999
124. Forensic Mental Health Conference, “Judicial Attitudes Toward Psychiatrists’ and Psychologists’ Evidence”, Melbourne, March 1999
123. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “Involuntary Detention and Coerced Treatment: The Role of Mental Health Review Boards”, Perth, May 1999
122. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “Criminal Injuries Compensation”, Adelaide, April 1999
121. Public Lecture, University of Iceland, “Informed Consent: International Developments”, Reykjavik, Iceland, June 1999
120. Australian Institute of Health Law and Ethics, “New Perspectives on Warnings of Risk”, Brisbane, July 1999
119. Second World Conference on Criminal Investigation and Evidence, “Miscarriages of Justice: A Taxonomy of Deviance and Error in Forensic Science”, Amsterdam, December 1999
118. Second World Conference on Criminal Investigation and Evidence, “Judicial Attitudes Toward Expert Evidence”, Amsterdam, December 1999
117. Australian Plaintiff Lawyers’ Association, National Conference, “Expert Evidence: Recent Developments”, Sydney, October 1999
116. Australian Plaintiff Lawyers’ Association, “Criminal Injuries: Plaintiff Opportunities”, Melbourne, September 1999
115. Medico-Legal Society of Tasmania, “Munchausen’s, Mendacity and Mistakes”, Hobart, November 1999
114. Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, “Consent to Treatment and the Doctor’s Obligation to Co-operate with the Lawyer”, Melbourne, October 1999
113. Australian Institute of Judicial Administration, Magistrates’ Perspectives on Expert Evidence”, 12th Annual AIJA Magistrates Course, Melbourne, November 1999
112. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “The End of Pleasure for the Governor: The New Detention for Insanity Acquittees”, Melbourne, October 1999
1998
111. Australian Institute of Political Studies, “Dangerous Behaviour and Public Policy”, Melbourne, February 1998
110. BLEC 7th Annual Family Law Intensive, “Expert Evidence in Family Law”, Melbourne, March 1998
109. La Trobe University Health Law Intensive, “Assessments, Reports and Expert Evidence by Doctors”, Melbourne, February 1998
108. Medico-Legal Society of the ACT, “Quirks of Expert Evidence”, Canberra, June 1998
107. LAAMS Conference on States of Mind: Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology for Family and Criminal Lawyers, “Fitness to Stand Trial”, Melbourne, July 1998
106. THEMHS Conference, “Psychotherapeutic Jurisprudence and Victorian Civil Commitment Law”, Hobart, September 1998
105. Australian Plaintiff Lawyers Association, “Latest Developments in PTSD Law”, Hamilton Island, October 1998
104. St Vincent’s Correctional Health Launch of the Support Team Action Response Program, “Caring for the Carers: Debriefing and Critical Stress Management”, Port Phillip Prison, Laverton, June 1998
103. Australian Psychological Society, Forensic College (Vic Branch), Diagnostic and Legal Applications for Crime Victims, “Legal Issues in Diagnosis and Assessment”, Melbourne, June 1998
102. St Vincent’s, “Critical Incident Stress Debriefing and the Law”, Melbourne, October 1998
101. Breaking the Boundaries: the Second Australian and New Zealand Conference, “Professional Misconduct, Exploitation and Offending”, Charismatic Groups and their Regulation: the Need for Balance”, Melbourne, July 1998
100. TACLaw Psychiatric Evidence Seminar, “Making the Assessing Psychiatrist Accountable in Transport Accident Cases: Working with Chapter 12 of the AMA Guides”, Melbourne, September 1998
99. National Graduate Law Research Workshop, “Research and Legal Practice”, Melbourne, October 1998
98. Australian College of General Practitioners, Naltrexone Workshop, “Naltrexone Treatment and Legal Liability”, Melbourne, September, 1998, October, 1998
97. World Stress Conference, “Stress: Legal Remedies”, Melbourne, October 1998
96. Forensic College of the Australasian College of Psychiatrists, “Debriefing and PTSD: Latest Developments in the Law”, Melbourne, November, 1998
1997
95. University of California, Davis, Expert Evidence Conference, “Judicial Attitudes toward Scientific Evidence”, Davis, California, United States, January 1997
94. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Autumn Symposium, “Compensation for Psychiatric Injuries: Current Developments in Crimes Compensation Law”, Lorne, April 1997
93. Australian Institute of Criminology, Health Care, Crime and Regulatory Control, “Criminalization of Deviant Doctors”, Melbourne, July 1997
92. Australian Legal Convention, “The Admissibility of Scientific Evidence”, Melbourne, 1997
91. Law Institute of Victoria, “Uniform Evidence Legislation”, Melbourne, August 1997
90. Law Institute of Victoria, “Expert Evidence in Commercial Litigation”, Melbourne, September 1997
89. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 17th Annual Congress, Closing Address, “Cults and Consequences”, November 1997
88. Human Rights Commission/Law and Mental Health Group, Auckland, “Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome”, Auckland, June 1997
87. Leo Cussen Institute, “Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: the Need for Expert Witness Accountability”, Melbourne, August 1997
86. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 17th Annual Congress, “The Syndrome Backlash”, November 1997
85. Australian Institute of Health Law and Ethics, “PTSD and Current Issues in English and Australian Law”, Canberra, November 1997
84. CORE Sex Offending Congress, “Assessments in Sex Offending Cases”, Melbourne, November 1997
1996
83. Launch of Auckland University’s Forensic Science Courses, “Forensic Science and Accountability”, Auckland, February 1996
82. ESR Laboratory Scientists, “Evidence Gathering, Continuity and Admissibility”, Auckland, February 1996
81. AMA National Conference, “Expert Witnesses in Malpractice Litigation”, Canberra, May 1996
80. Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society, Current Situation and Preferred Practice Seminar, “Pre-trial Disclosure of Evidence by the Defence”, Melbourne, July 1996
79. Alternative Law Journal and Victorian Council for Civil Liberties Policing Forum, “Police Accountability for Violence and the Award of Exemplary Damages: The Moral of the Disappointing Morsel in the Tasty Nightclub Case”, Melbourne, July 1996
78. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Presidential Address, “Rationality as a Standardising Criterion in Fitness to Stand Trial”, Gold Coast, August 1996
77. Legal and Accounting Management Seminar, “Commercial Practice and the Evidence Act 1995 (Cth)”, Melbourne, September 1996
76. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 16th Annual General Congress, “Community Attributions about Domestic Violence” (w Reddy, Knowles, McMahon, Mulvany), Gold Coast, August 1996
75. Academy of Forensic Sciences (ACT Branch), “Scientific Rigour and the Law”, Canberra, October 1996
74. Mental Health and the Law: the Arcane Explained, Victoria Legal Aid, “Multiple Disabilities and Overlapping Jurisdictions”, Melbourne, November 1996
73. Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, “Therapeutic to Forensic: A Troubled Journey (Current Developments in Syndrome Evidence), Melbourne, November 1996
72. Australian Psychological Society, Independent Practitioners Group, “Swimming with Sharks: the Changing Forensic Environment of the 90s”, Melbourne, November 1996
71. AIC Medico-Legal Conference,”Retention of Medical Records”, Melbourne, December 1996
70. AMA Division of Family Doctors, Annual General Meeting, “Current Developments in the Law Relating to Medical General Practice”, Melbourne, December 1996.
69. Dunhill, Madden & Butler Continuing Education Group, “The DSM in the Legal System”, Melbourne, December 1996
1995
68. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “Karl Popper, Reliability and Teratogens”, Adelaide, 1995
67. Forensic Psychiatrists’ Study Group, “Traps and Pitfalls of Giving Evidence”, Melbourne, 1995
66. Forensic Psychiatry Group, “Expert Evidence by Mental Health Professionals”, Dunedin, 1995
65. Otago Medico-Legal Society, “Current Developments in Criminal Law: Medical Witnesses and Expert Evidence”, Dunedin, 1995
64. University of Otago, Public Lecture, “The Syndrome Phenomenon: a Challenge for the Criminal Justice System”, Dunedin, 1995
63. University of Otago, Bioethics Journal Club, “Regulating Doctors: A Taxonomy of Discipline”, Dunedin, 1995
62. Academy of Mental Health, “Expert Evidence in Disability Hearings: Assessments in Fitness to Plead Cases”, Auckland, 1995
61. Forensic Science Society and Criminal Bar Association Joint Meeting, “Examining and Cross-Examining the Expert Witness”, Auckland, 1995
60. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Opening of 15th Annual Congress, “Dispelling Myths”, Melbourne, 1995,
59. Victorian Community Council Against Violence, Bringing It Together: A Victim Support Strategy Conference on Victims of Crime, “Balancing Victims’ Rights and Needs”, Melbourne, 1995
58. Forensic Science Summit, “Forensic Science in the Adversary System: A Commentary”, Canberra, 1995
57. Victorian Bar Symposium, “Opinion Evidence under the Evidence Act 1995”, Melbourne, May 1995
56. New Zealand Law Society Family Law Conference, “Dangerousness in Family Law”, Wellington, October 1995
55. Monash University Traffic Accidents and their Causes, “The Expert in Traffic Accident Cases”, Melbourne, 1995
54. Victorian Bar Symposium, “Privilege under the Evidence Act 1995”, Melbourne, June 1995
53. Australian Legal Convention, “Repressed Memory Syndrome Evidence: Counterintuitive or Counterproductive?”, Brisbane, September 1995
52. Leo Cussen Crimes Compensation Seminar, “Injury and Multiple Applications for Crimes Compensation”, Melbourne, September 1995
51. Leo Cussen Expert Evidence Symposium, “Pre-Trial Preparation of Expert Evidence“, Melbourne, November 1995
50. Leo Cussen Expert Evidence Symposium, “Admissibility of Expert Evidence”, Melbourne, November 1995
49. Australian Society of Rehabilitation Counsellors, “Confidentiality, Ethics and Counselling”, Melbourne, November 1995
48. First World Conference on Criminal Investigation and Evidence, “Forensic Science”, Den Hague, The Netherlands, December 1995
1994
47. Fourteenth Annual Congress of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “Of Law and Bondage: Sado-Masochism and Consent”, Fremantle, 1994,
46. IBC Conference on Medical Negligence, “Maximising the Impact of Expert Evidence”, Sydney, 1994
45. 8th International Victimology Conference, “Criminal Injuries Compensation for Domestic Sexual Assault: Obstructing the Oppressed” Adelaide, 1994
1993
44. Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences, “Dealing Legally with the Self-Mutilator”, Melbourne, 1993
43. Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, “Current Ethical Controversies in Forensic Science”, Perth, 1993
42. Australian Legal Convention, “The Egg Shell Jury and the Expert Evidence Conundrum”, Hobart, 1993
41. Australian Institute of Criminology, Law, Medicine and Criminal Justice, “When Plight Makes Right: The Forensic Abuse Syndrome”, Surfers’ Paradise, 1993
40. Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Winter Symposium on Substance Abuse and the Law, “Sentencing the Substance Dependent: the Role of Punishment”, Lorne, 1993
1992
39. Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Group Seminar, “Police Powers, Domestic Violence and Feminist Issues”, Melbourne, 1992.
38. Legal Aid Commission launch of “Police Powers: Your Rights”, “Rights and Shibboleths”, Melbourne 1992.
37. Australian Institute of Criminology, “Current Legal Issues in Forensic Psychiatry”, Melbourne, 1992.
36. The Queen’s Trust, “Justice and Ethics”, Sydney, 1992.
35. Humanist Society, “Religious Vilification: the Glorification of Martyrs”, Melbourne, 1992
34. Victorian Council for Civil Liberties, “Red Herrings and Furphies in the Police Accountability Debate”, Melbourne, 1992.
33. Western District Chapter of the Law Institute of Victoria, “Community Based Options in Sentencing – Recent Developments”, Hamilton, 1992
32. Thirteenth Annual Congress of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “Syndrome Evidence”, Melbourne, 1992
31. Thirteenth Annual Congress of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “Codes of Ethics for Forensic Mental Health Practitioners”, Melbourne, 1992
1991
30. Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, “The Recurring Theme of Ginger Beer in Twentieth Century Law Reform: The Difficult Interface of Science and the Law”, Melbourne, 1991
29. Police and Gay/Lesbian Liaison Committee, “Minority Groups, Discrimination and Police”, Melbourne, 1991
28. Forensic Medical Officers” Annual Conference, “Forensic Medical Officers as Expert Witnesses”, Wodonga, 1991
1990
27. The Eleventh Annual Congress of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “Abnormality and the Law: The Limits of Expert Evidence by Mental Health Professionals”, Melbourne, 1990
26. Medico-Legal Society of Australia, “Bloodstains, Fingerprints and DNA – Medical and Legal Problems in Identifying Suspects”, Melbourne, 1990
25. Australian Society for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability, “Representing the Intellectually Disabled”, Melbourne, December 1990
1989
24. Forensic Scientists’ DNA Seminar, “DNA Profiling – The Case for Caution”, Melbourne, 1989
23. Australian Crime Prevention Council Conference, “The Rise of Violence”, Melbourne, 1989
22. Victorian Legal Aid Commission Conference, “DNA Profiling: the Case for Caution”, Melbourne, 1989
21. South Australian Legal Services Commission, “Laboratory Procedures and Forensic Presentation: the Message of Castro”, Adelaide, 1989
20. Australian Institute of Criminology, “DNA Profiling: Forensic Science Under the Microscope”, Canberra, 1989
1988
19. Hospital Security Seminar, Ballarat Base Hospital, “Security Issues and the Hospital Watch Option”, Ballarat, 1988
18. The Tenth Australian and International Forensic Science Symposium, “DNA and Beyond: the Future of Scientific Evidence”, Brisbane, 1988
17. Evaluation Support Group, “Police Accountability and the Role of Government”, Melbourne, 1988
1987
16. Conference of Australian Health Care Administrators, “Crime and Morale in Hospitals”, Wagga, 1987
15. Criminal Justice Symposium – The Jury on Trial, “Trial by Confusion: The Expert’s Contribution”, Melbourne, 1987
14. Victoria State Chemistry Seminar, “Scientific Evidence – From Sample to Testimony”, Melbourne, 1987
13. Forensic Science Society Seminar, “The Future Role of The Expert Witness”, Melbourne, 1987
12. Police in Society Seminar – Police and the Media, “Information Control”, Melbourne, 1987
11. Labor Lawyers Conference, “Police Accountability”, Perth, 1987
10. The Eighth Annual Congress of The Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “Barratry and Beyond – the Problem of Vexatious Complainants”, Melbourne, 1987
9. Forensic Science Seminar, “Of Blood, Babies and Bathwater – Lessons to be Learned”, Sydney, 1987
8. Hospital Internal Auditors Seminar, “Hospital Accountability and the Public Right to Know”, Melbourne, 1987
7. DNA Forum, Forensic Science Centre, “DNA Printing – The Role of the Scientific Expert”, Adelaide, 1987
1986
6. The Seventh Annual Congress of The Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “Assault and Theft in Hospitals”, Melbourne, 1986
1985
5. “Expert Evidence”, Medico-Legal Society, Brisbane, 1995
1984
4. The National Crimes Commission Conference, “Privileges and Indemnities”, Canberra, 1984
3. The Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies Conference, “Therapy, Confidentiality and Privileged Communications”, Sydney, 1984
2. The Fifth Annual Congress of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, “Court Experts, Assessors and the Public Interest”, Melbourne, 1984
1. The Australian Conference of Anthropologists and the Law, “The Anthropologist on Trial”, Canberra, 1984