Bit of background on defense Saul Holt QC :
Profile
Saul Holt QC took silk in 2012. He holds a Masters Degree in Public Law. Until recently Saul was Chief Counsel at Victoria Legal Aid and he remains a Victorian Law Reform Commissioner.
Saul now lives in Brisbane and practices in both Victoria and Queensland.
Saul is available to be briefed for advice or appearance work, particularly in appellate, public law, criminal law and medical law cases. He also has a strong interest in human rights and public interest law.
Qualifications and Appointments
2012 Victorian Law Reform Commissioner
2012 Senior Counsel (Victoria)
2012 Chief Counsel – Victoria Legal Aid
2010 Accredited Specialist (Criminal Law) (Law Institute of Victoria)
2011 Accredited Advocacy Trainer (Australian Advocacy Institute)
2006 Admitted as a Legal Practitioner of the Supreme Court of Queensland
2007 LLM (Public Law) (Hons) (Auckland)
2005 Senior Crown Counsel (NZ)
1998 Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand
1998 BA/LLB (Auckland)
Experience
As Chief Counsel at Victoria Legal Aid Saul appeared in some of Victoria’s most significant recent administrative law/human rights and criminal cases. He appeared or advised regularly in the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, County Court, Coroners Court, Federal Court, High Court and administrative tribunals.
Before moving to Melbourne in 2007 Saul was a Senior Associate at Mcdonells Law in Townsville where he practiced in commercial litigation and defended major regulatory prosecutions.
For 9 years before moving to Australia Saul was Crown Counsel in New Zealand. As well as appearing as prosecuting counsel in approximately 200 jury trials, he appeared and advised on complex regulatory prosecutions for government agencies, public law proceedings for the Attorney General and appeared for the Crown in the Court of Appeal.
Saul has a strong background in medical law. He has advised and appeared in cases involving substituted decision-making including in the parens patriae jurisdiction. He has published on legal issues in assisted reproductive technology and he sat for 5 years as a legal member on the Royal Children’s Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee in Melbourne.
Saul was contracted to the Victorian Department of Justice between 2008 and 2009 where he was responsible for the Trials and Appeals Chapters of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009.
Fees
Fees are by negotiation. Saul will consider appearing pro bono in appropriate cases.
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