Imogen Hogan

Admitted as a legal practitioner in 2014
Admitted as a barrister in 2023


Principal areas of Practice

• Criminal law
• Children’s criminal law
• Appellate law
• Parole hearings
• Commissions of inquiry and inquests

Professional Experience

• Casual Academic, University of New South Wales (2025-current)
• Trial Advocate, Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT
• Solicitor, Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT (2016-2020)
• Associate to Justice Hamill of the Supreme Court of New South Wales 

Qualifications

• Masters of International Law (UNSW)
• Masters Course in International Criminal Law (Leiden University)
• Bachelor of Laws (UTS)
• Bachelor of Communication (UTS)

Awards

• NSW Bar Association Katrina Dawson Award (2023)

Imogen enjoys a creative and collaborative approach to advocacy. Appearing in both jury and judge alone trials, she has established a solid reputation for effectively advocating for the exclusion of evidence, which has resulted in the discontinuation of proceedings. 

Imogen has appeared on behalf of family members in inquests conducted into those who have tragically lost their lives during police operations. Through this work, she has developed a keen interest in the relationships between, and accountability of, government agencies in the mental health space and their interaction with the criminal justice system.
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Some cases of note / reported decisions

​Criminal Law

• R v Zayat [2025] NSWSC 1591 – (led by Madeline Avenell SC), murder trial
• O’Dwyer v R [2025] NSWCCA 95 – (led by A Francis), severity appeal
• Wallace v R [2024] NSWCCA 176 – (led by T Jones in the CCA, unled at first instance in appeals bail and sentence), successful conviction appeal upon finding of miscarriage of justice where indigent accused unrepresented at trial

• Darlington v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2023] NSWSC 1139 ​– (led by Madeline Avenell SC in the Supreme Court, unled at first instance),  
• Robert Cramp v Commissioner of Police (No. 1) [2021] NSWDC 104 (unled), exclusion of search evidence resulting in no further proceedings being ordered by the DPP 
• Robert Cramp v Commissioner of Police (No. 2) [2021] NSWDC 79 (unled), successful s 219 LEPRA application 
• R v Howard Roberts; R v Elwyn Roderick James Roberts, NSWDC, Judge Ellis, 18 November 2021 – (unled), exclusion of voice identification evidence resulting in no further proceedings being ordered by the DPP.

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Federal Court

• Harper v Gold Coast Pistol Club Ltd (No 3) [2025] FedCFamC2G 516 – (Led by S Wood of KC and B Nolan)

 
Inquest/Inquiry

• Inquest into the death of SK, Lidcombe (2025 hearing, 2026 findings), death in police operation, police shooting
• Inquest into the death of MQ, Lidcombe (2025 hearing and findings), death in police operation, CAD  system
• Inquest into the death of Fiona Turnbull, Lidcombe (2024 hearing, 2025 findings), death in police operation, mental health response
• Inquest into the death of Michael Peachey, Gunnedah (2022-2023 hearing, 2024 findings, death in police operation, mental health response
• Inquest into the death of Gordon Copeland, Moree (2022 hearing, 2023 findings) death in police operation, police pursuit and police response

Papers and Publications

• "Commonwealth Search Warrants", presented at the Criminal Lawyers of the Northern Territory 19th Biennial Bali Conference, June 2024

• "An abiding commitment to justice: The Hon Justice Carolyn Simpson AO KC", article written for the NSW Bar Association's "Bar News" publication, Summer 2023 
• Joint Presentation of the 5th Annual Sybil Morrison Lecture honouring the Honourable Acting Justice Carolyn Simpson AO KC, NSW Bar Association, August 2023
• "A place for conditional release orders in sentencing for serious offences, article writing for the NSW Law Society" Law Society Journal Online, April 2022 
• "Who, What, When, Where & Why: Affidavit Evidence in Sentence Proceedings", presented at the Aboriginal Legal Service, Dubbo and streamed state-wide, March 2022
• "Defended Hearings" – CPD, Paper and practical training presented at the Wagga Wagga Aboriginal Legal Service office and broadcast to the Western Region of the Aboriginal Legal Service, July 2020
• "Sentencing and Bail in the time of COVID-19" to the state-wide Aboriginal Legal Service – CPD Presented at the Redfern Aboriginal Legal Service office and streamed organisation wide, May 2020
• "Road Trip 3.0" – CriminalCPD.net.au, An abbreviated guide to Road Transport Legislation in New South Wales. Adapted and updated from the original ‘Road Trip’ by Darren Robinson, March 2020

Committee Experience

• Bar Association First Nations Bar Exam Committee (2025-2026)
• Bar Association First Nations Bar Exam Sub-Committee (2024-2026)
• Bar Association Legal Aid Committee (2023-2024)
• Law Society Criminal Law Committee (2021-2022)
• Legal Aid Review Committee (2022)

For further details or enquiries regarding Imogen Hogan's areas of expertise, fees and terms of engagement please contact her Clerk.

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