This is a recording of session 6 of the 2025 foley's February criminal law series. 

In this session, Paul Holdenson KC and Jack O'Connor discuss key appellate decisions on latent ambiguity in evidence, jury direction failures, the admissibility of tendency and character evidence. It highlights cases where judicial errors and procedural breaches affected trial outcomes, refining criminal law interpretation and procedural fairness.

Paul Holdenson KC has developed a specialist practice as an appellate advocate, appearing predominantly in criminal appeals. He regularly appears before the Victorian Court of Appeal, the High Court of Australia and interstate appellate courts, including Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania.

Jack O’Connor accepts briefs in appellate crime, regulatory prosecutions and civil penalty proceedings, public and administrative law, and commercial law. He appears regularly in the Court of Appeal, both led and unled, on appeals against conviction and sentence.

Episode Length: ~60 Minutes 
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