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Evidence Guide: DEFDPL011 - Provide support in criminal law matters

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DEFDPL011 - Provide support in criminal law matters

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Plan and prepare for the provision of support in criminal law

  1. Receive and act on instructions that require the provision of support in criminal law
  2. Analyse circumstances, and interpret and clearly define discipline issues
Receive and act on instructions that require the provision of support in criminal law

Completed
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Analyse circumstances, and interpret and clearly define discipline issues

Completed
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Prepare and process documents involved in criminal law matters

  1. Identify, prepare and process documents in accordance with legal practices and procedures
  2. Despatch documents in accordance with legal practices and procedures
  3. Check incoming documents for completeness and timely delivery, and contact sender where insufficient information is supplied or deadlines are not honoured
  4. Review requests for information with instructing legal officer and retrieve, copy and despatch identified documents in accordance with legal practices and procedures
Identify, prepare and process documents in accordance with legal practices and procedures

Completed
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Despatch documents in accordance with legal practices and procedures

Completed
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Check incoming documents for completeness and timely delivery, and contact sender where insufficient information is supplied or deadlines are not honoured

Completed
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Review requests for information with instructing legal officer and retrieve, copy and despatch identified documents in accordance with legal practices and procedures

Completed
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Perform research to support instructing legal officer

  1. Review files and determine research requirements in conjunction with instructing legal officer
  2. Retrieve and process relevant documents and exhibits
  3. Retrieve, research and review precedent and case law, and make summaries as required
  4. Forward summaries from research and review to instructing legal officer and present explanations as required
Review files and determine research requirements in conjunction with instructing legal officer

Completed
Date:

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Retrieve and process relevant documents and exhibits

Completed
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Retrieve, research and review precedent and case law, and make summaries as required

Completed
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Forward summaries from research and review to instructing legal officer and present explanations as required

Completed
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Assist instructing legal officer to prepare for trial or service discipline proceedings

  1. Identify relevant trial/tribunal and prepare appropriate files
  2. Communicate to instructing legal officer, communications from client, police and other authorities, and details of client charge and bail status
  3. Discuss file with instructing legal officer, and plan and diarise work
  4. Canvass availability of legal officers and forward details to instructing legal officer to facilitate engagement
  5. Contact opposing party’s legal representative on behalf of instructing legal officer and exchange relevant information
  6. Prepare briefs for legal officers in conjunction with instructing legal officer and deliver brief as required
  7. Facilitate liaison and communication between instructing legal officer and relevant other parties
  8. Forward reminders of pending critical dates to relevant persons
Identify relevant trial/tribunal and prepare appropriate files

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communicate to instructing legal officer, communications from client, police and other authorities, and details of client charge and bail status

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discuss file with instructing legal officer, and plan and diarise work

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canvass availability of legal officers and forward details to instructing legal officer to facilitate engagement

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact opposing party’s legal representative on behalf of instructing legal officer and exchange relevant information

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepare briefs for legal officers in conjunction with instructing legal officer and deliver brief as required

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Facilitate liaison and communication between instructing legal officer and relevant other parties

Completed
Date:

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Forward reminders of pending critical dates to relevant persons

Completed
Date:

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Conduct trial/tribunal and post-trial/tribunal administration

  1. Prepare/process relevant trial/tribunal administrative instruction
  2. Notify trial/tribunal participants of relevant details
  3. Notify court/tribunal relevant personnel
  4. Collect and archive, as required, post-trial/tribunal relevant documents, process outcomes, prepare accounts and notify relevant reviewing authority
Prepare/process relevant trial/tribunal administrative instruction

Completed
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Notify trial/tribunal participants of relevant details

Completed
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Notify court/tribunal relevant personnel

Completed
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Collect and archive, as required, post-trial/tribunal relevant documents, process outcomes, prepare accounts and notify relevant reviewing authority

Completed
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Assessed

Teacher: ___________________________________ Date: _________

Signature: ________________________________________________

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

ELEMENTS

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1

Plan and prepare for the provision of support in criminal law

1.1

Receive and act on instructions that require the provision of support in criminal law

1.2

Analyse circumstances, and interpret and clearly define discipline issues

2

Prepare and process documents involved in criminal law matters

2.1

Identify, prepare and process documents in accordance with legal practices and procedures

2.2

Despatch documents in accordance with legal practices and procedures

2.3

Check incoming documents for completeness and timely delivery, and contact sender where insufficient information is supplied or deadlines are not honoured

2.4

Review requests for information with instructing legal officer and retrieve, copy and despatch identified documents in accordance with legal practices and procedures

3

Perform research to support instructing legal officer

3.1

Review files and determine research requirements in conjunction with instructing legal officer

3.2

Retrieve and process relevant documents and exhibits

3.3

Retrieve, research and review precedent and case law, and make summaries as required

3.4

Forward summaries from research and review to instructing legal officer and present explanations as required

4

Assist instructing legal officer to prepare for trial or service discipline proceedings

4.1

Identify relevant trial/tribunal and prepare appropriate files

4.2

Communicate to instructing legal officer, communications from client, police and other authorities, and details of client charge and bail status

4.3

Discuss file with instructing legal officer, and plan and diarise work

4.4

Canvass availability of legal officers and forward details to instructing legal officer to facilitate engagement

4.5

Contact opposing party’s legal representative on behalf of instructing legal officer and exchange relevant information

4.6

Prepare briefs for legal officers in conjunction with instructing legal officer and deliver brief as required

4.7

Facilitate liaison and communication between instructing legal officer and relevant other parties

4.8

Forward reminders of pending critical dates to relevant persons

5

Conduct trial/tribunal and post-trial/tribunal administration

5.1

Prepare/process relevant trial/tribunal administrative instruction

5.2

Notify trial/tribunal participants of relevant details

5.3

Notify court/tribunal relevant personnel

5.4

Collect and archive, as required, post-trial/tribunal relevant documents, process outcomes, prepare accounts and notify relevant reviewing authority

Required Skills and Knowledge

ELEMENTS

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1

Plan and prepare for the provision of support in criminal law

1.1

Receive and act on instructions that require the provision of support in criminal law

1.2

Analyse circumstances, and interpret and clearly define discipline issues

2

Prepare and process documents involved in criminal law matters

2.1

Identify, prepare and process documents in accordance with legal practices and procedures

2.2

Despatch documents in accordance with legal practices and procedures

2.3

Check incoming documents for completeness and timely delivery, and contact sender where insufficient information is supplied or deadlines are not honoured

2.4

Review requests for information with instructing legal officer and retrieve, copy and despatch identified documents in accordance with legal practices and procedures

3

Perform research to support instructing legal officer

3.1

Review files and determine research requirements in conjunction with instructing legal officer

3.2

Retrieve and process relevant documents and exhibits

3.3

Retrieve, research and review precedent and case law, and make summaries as required

3.4

Forward summaries from research and review to instructing legal officer and present explanations as required

4

Assist instructing legal officer to prepare for trial or service discipline proceedings

4.1

Identify relevant trial/tribunal and prepare appropriate files

4.2

Communicate to instructing legal officer, communications from client, police and other authorities, and details of client charge and bail status

4.3

Discuss file with instructing legal officer, and plan and diarise work

4.4

Canvass availability of legal officers and forward details to instructing legal officer to facilitate engagement

4.5

Contact opposing party’s legal representative on behalf of instructing legal officer and exchange relevant information

4.6

Prepare briefs for legal officers in conjunction with instructing legal officer and deliver brief as required

4.7

Facilitate liaison and communication between instructing legal officer and relevant other parties

4.8

Forward reminders of pending critical dates to relevant persons

5

Conduct trial/tribunal and post-trial/tribunal administration

5.1

Prepare/process relevant trial/tribunal administrative instruction

5.2

Notify trial/tribunal participants of relevant details

5.3

Notify court/tribunal relevant personnel

5.4

Collect and archive, as required, post-trial/tribunal relevant documents, process outcomes, prepare accounts and notify relevant reviewing authority

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and include:

analysing information to determine status and reliability

assisting instructing legal officer to prepare for trial or service discipline proceedings

communicating effectively and logically on legal matters

implementing written and oral instructions to prepare effective briefs

planning and preparing for the provision of support in criminal law matters

preparing and processing documents involved in criminal law matters

preparing legal documents in accordance with identified processes

preparing summaries of cases in accordance with identified processes

undertaking research to support instructing legal officer

undertaking trial/tribunal and posttrial/tribunal administration.

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

criminal law matters and service discipline proceedings

Defence Force Discipline Act (DFDA) and related legislation

relationship between trials and tribunals, and their impact

relevant legal practices and procedures

relevant legal process, documents and exhibits, legislation and sections, and stages involved in the legal process

relevant legal terminology and its use in accordance with organisational procedures

summary hearing/court/tribunal process

trials and service discipline proceedings.

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Non-essential conditions may be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.