Generating guidelines for authorities handling evidence

Overview

The original verdict reached in the Mowday versus The State of Western Australia case was disputed and appealed against by the defendant's council.

Materials

• Mowday versus The State of Western Australia case.
• Transcript video
• Transcript audio
• Transcript PDF
• 250-word summary produced in advance from all learners.
• Summary position adopted from Ground 1 for all learners.
• Summary position adopted from Ground 2 for all pairs.

Task 0: Form into Firms

Pairs should form start-up firms of no more than FOUR members and exchange summaries, summary positions adopted from consideration of the first appeal ground as well as adopted summary position for second appeal ground from both pairs.

Task 1: Devise guidelines for handling evidence

Start-up firms are expected to generate no more than FOUR guidelines to support authorities in handling evidence as to support admissibility and use in court.

The expectation is that start-up firms should:

1. Spend no more than 20 minutes considering and discussing the primary problems with evidence handling in the Mowday versus The State of Western Australia case and what impact this had on the case.

2. Spend no more than 20 minutes to formulate no more than FOUR guidelines that support authorities in effectively handling evidence as to ensure admissibility and use in court.

3. Generate ONE presentation slide that succinctly outlines each of the guidelines as well as brief rationale for the guideline. The presentation slide should take no more than TWO minutes for the firm to present.