Kenneth Hall Averre MBE

Admitted as a Solicitor in the Supreme Court Of Judicature Of England and Wales in 1995
Admitted as a legal practitioner (NSW) in 2007
Admitted as a barrister (NSW) in 2008


Kenneth Hall Averre practices predominantly in the area of criminal law. Kenneth appears at all stages of the criminal process including the Local Court, Children’s Court, the District Court, the Supreme Court and in appeals to Court of Criminal Appeal NSW. He has appeared in appeals to the Full Court of the Federal Court (extradition) and special leave application to the High Court.

Kenneth has advised on and appeared in numerous appeals against conviction and/or sentence in the Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW) ranging from murder to sex offences.

Kenneth is also a member of the Specialist Barrister Panel (Complex Criminal Law) Panel, Legal Aid General Crime Panel and the Children’s Crime Panel.


Principal areas of practice

• Criminal law
• Corporate crime
• Statutory offences
• Extradition
• Appellate
• Commissions of inquiry and inquests
• Disciplinary proceedings
• Industrial and WHS / OHS offences
• Environmental offences
• Administrative and public law
• Human rights law

Publications

• Author of “Pacific HIV/AIDS, Law, Ethics and Human Rights Implementation Strategy Project – Solomon Islands In Country Report” UNDP – May 2003

• Author of “Pre-trial incarceration in Solomon Islands and the reasonableness of its length – A post conflict intervention context” May 2006 – Presented at the International Society For Reform Of Criminal Law Conference Brisbane, Australia – Justice For All – July 2006

• Author of “The Tension Trials - A Defence Lawyer’s Perspective Of Post Conflict Intervention in Solomon Islands" - September 2008

• Contribution to Amnesty International paper “Solomon Islands: End Impunity Through Universal Jurisdiction” – Published December 2009

• Presented sessions at Pacific Youth Council Conference, Fiji - July 2009

• Presented paper on Commonwealth Offences (Money Laundering) at NSW Legal Aid Conference 2009

• Delivery of training on Evidence Law - Apia, Samoa - November  2008

• Faculty member of PILOM regional advocacy training in Port Vila, Vanuatu 2006, 2008 and 2010

• Delivery of papers for RRRT and UNDP and other organisations in Solomon Islands and the region 2003 – 2008.

• Facilitated Masters in International Law (Pacific Law) at Sydney University 2009 and 2011

For further details or enquiries regarding Kenneth Hall Averre’s areas of expertise, fees and terms of engagement please contact his Clerk.


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