S6 Episode 7: Issues of Complicity - How to be Guilty Without Pulling the Trigger
Release Date: 03/03/2025
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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.
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.