Preview: A Practitioner’s Practical Guide to AVOs with Carolina Soto and Abdul Lazki
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What is an AVO? What are the different types of AVOs? What is the process of applying for AVOs in the Local Court? What are the provisions in place for varying such orders? How do they affect children? What are the timetables for the making of AVOs in the Local Court? What are the practical implications affecting defendants outside of the Local Court? What appeal mechanisms are there? Carolina Soto (Barrister, Black Chambers, Sydney) and Abdul Lazki (Principal Solicitor, District Legal, Sydney) provide a practical guide on AVOs for practitioners in a BenchTV continuing legal education video.
Discussion Includes:
- What AVOs are
- Legislative framework
- What an AVO looks like – conditions 1-11
- Criminal charges and associated AVO
- Process of applying for an AVO in Local Court
- Consenting without admissions
- Negotiating an AVO
- Objects of making an AVO
- Varying an AVO
- Role of general practitioners
- Support and protection of children in AVO matters
- Bail conditions and AVOs
- Consequences for defendant of AVO made on final basis
- Right to appeal
Presenter Profiles
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Legislation
- Bail Act 2013 No 26 (NSW)
- Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 No 120 (NSW)
- Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 No 80 (NSW)
- Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW)
- Firearms Act 1996 No 46 (NSW)