We are pleased to announce that registrations are now open for Foley’s February 2026 Criminal Law CPD Series.

The schedule is outlined below. All sessions will be free of charge and each session will entitle you to 1 CPD point.

Event Details
Time: 7:45am - 8:45am
Cost: $0

Location
Neil McPhee Room
Level 1 Owen Dixon Chambers East
205 William St, Melbourne VIC

Session Schedule

Session 1 | Thursday 29 January

Should you give a damn about a bad reputation? Character evidence under the Uniform Evidence Acts

Michael Stanton SC, Paul Kounnas, Vincent Vuu, Christina Gómez Vázquez

Session 2 | Thursday 5 February

Avoiding a wreck in Court – a crash course in dealing with expert evidence in serious motor vehicle collision cases

Peter Chadwick KC, Hayden Rattray, Nicole Menegas, Rory Hudson

Session 3 | Thursday 12 February

Committals and s198B Hearings – A new approach

Philip Dunn KC, Michael McGrath, Candice Jackson, Tom Smedley

Session 4 | Tuesday 17 February

Prompts, pitfalls and digital due diligence in the use of AI

Peter Matthews SC, Simon Thomas, Olivia Kefford, Lauren Gurry

Session 5 | Thursday 19 February

Recent cases in the Court of Appeal

Paul Holdenson KC, Jack O’Connor

No session is scheduled for the final week of February, as the venue will be used for the early commencement of the Victorian Bar Readers Course.