Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare for the provision of support in criminal law
- Prepare and process documents involved in criminal law matters
- Identify, prepare and process documents in accordance with legal practices and procedures
- Despatch documents in accordance with legal practices and procedures
- Check incoming documents for completeness and timely delivery, and contact sender where insufficient information is supplied or deadlines are not honoured
- Review requests for information with instructing legal officer and retrieve, copy and despatch identified documents in accordance with legal practices and procedures
- Perform research to support instructing legal officer
- Review files and determine research requirements in conjunction with instructing legal officer
- Retrieve and process relevant documents and exhibits
- Retrieve, research and review precedent and case law, and make summaries as required
- Forward summaries from research and review to instructing legal officer and present explanations as required
- Assist instructing legal officer to prepare for trial or service discipline proceedings
- Identify relevant trial/tribunal and prepare appropriate files
- Communicate to instructing legal officer, communications from client, police and other authorities, and details of client charge and bail status
- Discuss file with instructing legal officer, and plan and diarise work
- Canvass availability of legal officers and forward details to instructing legal officer to facilitate engagement
- Contact opposing party’s legal representative on behalf of instructing legal officer and exchange relevant information
- Prepare briefs for legal officers in conjunction with instructing legal officer and deliver brief as required
- Facilitate liaison and communication between instructing legal officer and relevant other parties
- Forward reminders of pending critical dates to relevant persons
- Conduct trial/tribunal and post-trial/tribunal administration
- Prepare/process relevant trial/tribunal administrative instruction
- Notify trial/tribunal participants of relevant details
- Notify court/tribunal relevant personnel
- Collect and archive, as required, post-trial/tribunal relevant documents, process outcomes, prepare accounts and notify relevant reviewing authority