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Bench Book Committees<br />
The day-to-day work <strong>of</strong> revising the content<br />
<strong>of</strong> bench books is delegated to individual<br />
Bench Book Committees, acting on behalf<br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Commission</strong>.<br />
Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book<br />
Committee<br />
• The Honourable Acting Justice Howie<br />
(Chair)<br />
• The Honourable Justice Johnson<br />
• His Honour Judge Berman SC (until<br />
16 December 2010)<br />
• The Honourable Justice Hulme SC<br />
• His Honour Judge Lakatos SC<br />
• Mr H Donnelly (Convenor)<br />
Civil Trials Bench Book Committee<br />
• The Honourable James Wood AO QC<br />
(Chair)<br />
• The Honourable Michael Campbell QC<br />
• The Honourable Justice Hoeben AM RFD<br />
• The Honourable Justice Hislop<br />
• His Honour Judge Johnstone<br />
• His Honour Judge Elkaim SC<br />
• His Honour Magistrate Heilpern (until<br />
1 November 2010)<br />
• The Honourable David Hunt AO QC<br />
• Mr E Schmatt PSM<br />
• Ms R Windeler<br />
• Ms F Findlay (Convenor until<br />
1 December 2010)<br />
• Ms Antonia Lomny (Convenor from<br />
9 March 2011)<br />
Local Courts Bench Book Committee<br />
• Her Honour Deputy Chief Magistrate<br />
Mottley (Chair until July 2011)<br />
• Her Honour Deputy Chief Magistrate<br />
Culver (Chair from 26 July 2011)<br />
• His Honour Magistrate Heilpern (until<br />
1 November 2010)<br />
• Her Honour Magistrate Freund (until<br />
14 February 2011)<br />
• Ms Alison Passe-de Silva, Policy<br />
Officer, Chief Magistrate’s Office (from<br />
13 September 2010)<br />
• Ms Roslyn Cook (Convenor)<br />
Equality before the Law Bench Book<br />
Committee<br />
• The Honourable Justice Beazley AO<br />
(Chair)<br />
• The Honourable Justice Basten<br />
• The Honourable Justice Rothman AM<br />
• His Honour Judge Norrish QC<br />
• Dr M Dodson AM<br />
• Dr J Cashmore AO<br />
• Mr E Schmatt PSM<br />
• Ms R Windeler<br />
• Ms K Lumley (Convenor)<br />
Sexual Assault Handbook Committee<br />
• His Honour Judge Ellis (Chair)<br />
• His Honour Judge Knox SC<br />
• Ms R Windeler<br />
• Ms K Lumley (Convenor)<br />
Audit and Risk Management Committee<br />
• Mr Peter Whitehead BA LLB TEP,<br />
appointed 5 August 2008, renewed<br />
1 July 2009 for two years. Mr Whitehead<br />
is the National Manager, Fiduciary<br />
Solutions, Perpetual and until 30 June<br />
2009, was the <strong>NSW</strong> Public Trustee.<br />
• Mr Alex Smith AM, appointed<br />
1 December 2009 for two years,<br />
is the former Deputy Director General,<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Premier and Cabinet,<br />
<strong>NSW</strong>. Mr Smith has had 40 years’<br />
experience in the <strong>NSW</strong> public sector<br />
having held senior positions in the<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Premier and Cabinet<br />
and the Department <strong>of</strong> Land and Water<br />
Conservation.<br />
• Mr Murali Sagi PSM, Director,<br />
Information Management and<br />
Corporate Services, <strong>Judicial</strong><br />
<strong>Commission</strong>. Mr Sagi’s qualifications<br />
and biography are found on p 80.<br />
Appendix 5<br />
Conference topics<br />
Annual Conferences<br />
Supreme Court Annual Conference,<br />
August 2010<br />
• “Keynote Address: Public Service and<br />
Private Law”, The Right Honourable<br />
Lord H<strong>of</strong>fmann<br />
• “Appellate Jurisdictions <strong>of</strong> the Court”,<br />
The Honourable Murray Gleeson AC QC<br />
• “Developments in Criminal Trials”, The<br />
Honourable Justice Robert A Hulme<br />
• “Developments in Equity: Easing into<br />
Easements”, Emeritus Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Peter<br />
Butt, Sydney Law School, University<br />
<strong>of</strong> Sydney<br />
• “The Expert Debate: Setting the Limits<br />
on the Use <strong>of</strong> Expert Evidence”, The<br />
Right Honourable Sir Brian Leveson,<br />
Lord Justice <strong>of</strong> Appeal<br />
• “Regulating Banker Excess – An<br />
International Perspective”, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
John Armour, Hogan Lovells Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
<strong>of</strong> Law and Finance, Faculty <strong>of</strong> Law,<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Oxford<br />
• “Psychiatric Diseases, Brain Function<br />
and Diminished Responsibility”,<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Max Bennett AO, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
<strong>of</strong> Neuroscience, University Chair,<br />
Director Brain and Mind Research<br />
Institute, University <strong>of</strong> Sydney<br />
• “A Less Taxing Process? Issues in<br />
Costs Assessment”, The Honourable<br />
Justice Paul Brereton AM RFD<br />
• “Development <strong>of</strong> the Brain”, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Ian Hickie AM, Executive Director,<br />
Brain and Mind Research Institute and<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Psychiatry, University <strong>of</strong><br />
Sydney<br />
Industrial Relations <strong>Commission</strong><br />
Annual Conference, October 2010<br />
• “Workload and Case Management<br />
Update”, The Honourable Justice<br />
Walton, Vice President<br />
• “Reading Financial Statements: What<br />
to Look For/Unravelling the Mysteries<br />
<strong>of</strong> Financial Statements”, Mr Matthew<br />
Gwynne, Director – Forensic, Vincents<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
• “Reliability <strong>of</strong> DSM-V Measurements<br />
and Protocols”, The Honourable Greg<br />
James QC, President, Mental Health<br />
Review Tribunal, and Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Philip<br />
Mitchell AM, Scientia Pr<strong>of</strong>essor and<br />
Head, School <strong>of</strong> Psychiatry, U<strong>NSW</strong><br />
Appendix 5 — Conference topics 123