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Issues of Complicity – How to be Guilty Without Pulling the Trigger This is a recording of session 1 of the 2025 Foley's February criminal law series. In this session, Foley’s barristers Neill Hutton SC, Daniel Ryan & Megan Styles address how individuals can be held criminally responsible for an offence without directly committing the act, through aiding, abetting, or encouraging the principal offender. This session covers legal interpretations and rulings concerning complicity in criminal offences under specific sections of the law.Top of FormBottom of Form Neill Hutton SC has specialised in conducting criminal trials for over 20 years, he is a Victoria Legal Aid Criminal Trial Preferred barrister and holds the Indictable Crime Certificate. Daniel Ryan accepts briefs from both prosecution agencies and defence and has significant experience in the conduct of bail applications, plea hearings, contested hearings, Contest Mentions, intervention order applications, forensic procedure applications. Megan Styles accepts briefs in a broad range of matters. She has a particular interest in matters involving commercial and white-collar crime, asset confiscation, proceeds of crime, law enforcement, insolvency law, banking and finance and financial investigations/compliance.

In our first installment of the Daze in Court podcast of 2025, Foley's List barrister Rohan Hoult invites Daniel Myers from Schetzer Papaleo Family Lawyers to share his insights and experiences in the family court from a solicitor's perspective.

List member Laura Colla is joined by Olivia Grobtuch from Kennedy Partners and Stephen Foley of eBrief Ready to share insights from both barristers' and solicitors' perspectives on best practices for managing electronic documents in court. They explore some pros and cons of using eBrief Ready and discuss effective handling of eBriefs, Tender Bundles, Court Books, and other court documents and how to achieve the best result and a good experience for all concerned.

In this episode, Lucy Line and Ruben Clark discuss the principles of statutory interpretation, with a particular focus on how those principles can be applied in a regulatory environment. First, a detailed overview of the tools and tricks that can help practitioners read and construe legislation, emphasising the importance of this skill for all practitioners.  Then, a practical examination of how to interpret statutory 'notice to produce' powers, to assist regulators in drafting these notices, and to guide recipients in their responses.

In the final Daze in Court episode before the new year, Rohan sits down with list member Laura Colla to discuss best practices on handling 'sovereign citizen' clients, using eBriefs, and comment on the use of direct vs indirect language in affidavits. 

In this episode, List Member Rohan Hoult discusses the newest amendments to the Family Law Act, as well as best practices for interacting with judges in public settings, and the introduction of the Defaulter's List.

In this brand new season, List members Marcus Hoyne and Liz Main discuss the new Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024, exploring existing rights to privacy in caselaw and how the introduction of the new tort could significantly impact the right to privacy.

In this new Daze In Court episode, Rohan, Sophie & Nick explore key issues surrounding add backs and binding financial agreements in family law. The discussion covers important considerations and practical insights for legal practitioners dealing with these areas.

In this episode of Daze in Court, Foley's List members Rohan Hoult is joined by Belle Lane to take a deep dive into the legal process for family law matters relating to gender dysphoria, discussing what is gender dysphoria; how it's relevant to the Courts; and how to approach these sensitive issues to achieve the most effective outcomes.

In collaboration with Victorian Women Lawyers, this is the final episode of Career Stages: Getting Your Ducks in a Row, a series exploring the key life stages and financial milestones that may impact women in law with keynote speakers discussing their experiences and insights into starting your own legal business, starting or ending relationships and starting parental leave and returning to work. The hosts of this series, Joanna Abraham and Sophie Lefebvre from Victorian Women Lawyers sit down with series collaborators Andrew Turner and Maree Caminiti to reflect on why its important to produce this series and share women's stories and experiences of the financial and career challenges they may face in the legal community.  Thank you to everyone who tuned in! If you have any suggestions for topics for future episodes, please don't hesitate to email marketing@foleys.com.au with your ideas for a season 2!