Court Officers' Introductory Course
Session 3: Procedural Steps and Documents
This session includes a presentation by Assistant Registrar of Crimes of the National Court of Papua New Guinea, Ms Victoria Belo and Judicial Registrar of the Federal Court of Australia, Ms Jodie Burns on Procedural Steps and Documents in the Pacific. The presentation includes:
- Procedural fairness
- Case Law: Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR, Annetts v McCann (1990) 170 CLR 596, International Finance Trust Company Ltd v New South Wales Crimes
Commission (2009) 240 CLR 319 - What does procedural fairness require?
- What does procedural fairness look like for a person brought
before a court for a fraud, bribery or other corruption offence? - Procedural fairness measured by an objective standard
- Bias Rule
- Hearing Rule
- Evidence Rule
- Role of court officers to ensure procedural fairness
- Self-represented defendants
- The PNG Fraud and Corruption Track
- Fraud and corruption offences rules
- Case registrations
- Files and references
- FCC Trial and Pre-Trial Procedures
- Key messages
Presentation
- Procedural Steps and Documents (PPSX, 1 MB) | (PDF, 2 MB)
Readings
- Discussion Questions (DOCX, 79 KB)
- Papua New Guinea Criminal Practice Rules 2022 (PDF, 900KB)
- Papua New Guinea Criminal Practice Rules 2022: Explanatory Memorandum (PDF, 91KB)
- Proceeds of Crime Act 2005 PNG
- Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2005 PNG