The Criminal Bar Association is managed by the Committee of Management (the CBA Committee), comprised of:
The CBA Committee also appoints Non-voting/Consultative Members from time-to-time by resolution. In recent times there have been an unusually large number of consultative members to assist the CBA Committee with the additional work (advocacy/submissions/meetings) arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Officers, Ordinary Members, and Non-elected Members of the CBA Committee have voting rights; Consultative Members do not.
The CBA Committee creates sub-committees on an ‘as needs’ basis – for example the 2021 Criminal Bar CPD Conference sub-committee – and appoints CBA members to those sub-committees. This is usually done by way of a call for EOIs from interested members.
CBA’s constitution and rules can be found here.
The CBA Committee meets every two to three weeks. Items can be placed on the Committee’s agenda by contacting the Secretary or any member of the Committee.
Members wishing to raise particular matters with the Committee are encouraged to contact:
Magistrates’ Court: Sam Andrianakis, Christopher Wareham and Susanna Locke
County Court: Jim Shaw, Alex Patton and Morgan Brown
Supreme Court: Jason Gullaci SC, Sharon Lacy SC and Veronika Drago
Court of Appeal: Paul Smallwood, Christopher Wareham and Felicity Fox
OPP: Sally Flynn KC and Zubin Menon
VLA: Sharon, Amit Malik and Jo Swiney
Corrections Victoria: Abbie Roodenburg, Susanna Locke and Veronika Drago
CPDs: Jason Gullaci SC, Shaun Ginsbourg, Jo Swiney and Amanda Burnard
Wellbeing: Paul Smallwood