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    Launch event

    Launch of the Commission's Evidence Law Review

    Join us for the launch of the Evidence Law Review and engage in a discussion about the future shape of evidence law in Queensland.

    Date: Thursday 30 April 2026

    Time:

    • Online: 1:10pm to 2:00pm
    • In-Person: 1pm arrival for a 1:10pm to 2:00pm session
      Light refreshments will be served after the panel conversation for those who wish to
      continue the discussion

    Location: 

    • Online: Join us virtually from anywhere
    • In-Person (limited seating available): Queensland Law Reform Commission
      Level 30, 400 George St, Brisbane City

    Chair Fleur Kingham will lead a conversation with our panel of experts:  Justice Crowley, Ruth O’Gorman KC and Dr Rebecca Wallis.

    The conversation will explore the current state of evidence law in Queensland including an examination of its strengths and the opportunities for reform. The panel will also discuss what we can learn from other jurisdictions, including those that have adopted the Uniform Evidence Law.

    This event will be interactive with opportunity for you to ask questions or make comments. We hope to see you there and look forward to hearing your views.

    How to Register:

    • Live Online Event: Register here
    • In-Person Attendance (limited seating): Registration opening soon

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    • Chair Fleur Kingham

      Fleur Kingham was appointed as Chair of the Queensland Law Reform Commission in April 2023. Ms Kingham has a distinguished judicial career including President of the Land Court of Queensland, Deputy President of the Land and Resources Tribunal, the first Deputy President of the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal and Judge of the District Court of Queensland. Ms Kingham is also the immediate past-President of the Australian Association of Women Judges.

    • The Honourable Justice Lincoln Crowley KC

      Justice Lincoln Crowley joined the Supreme Court of Queensland in June 2022. Justice Crowley was the first Indigenous judge appointed to a superior court in Australia. In 2018, his Honour was the first Indigenous person appointed as a Queen’s Counsel in Queensland. His practice experience was predominantly in criminal law. Prior to his judicial appointment, his Honour acted as Senior Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. He is also a member of the Queensland Law Reform Commission’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Reference Group.

    • Ms Ruth O'Gorman KC

      Ms Ruth O’Gorman was called to the Bar in 2009 and took silk in 2021. She is recognised as a pre-eminent Queensland senior counsel in criminal law, appearing in trials at each level of the court hierarchy and appeals in the High Court of Australia and Queensland Court of Appeal. Ms O’Gorman is also regularly engaged in professional disciplinary matters and regulatory prosecutions and appears in Commissions of Inquiry and inquests. She is a current member of the Queensland Law Reform Commission.

    • Dr Rebecca Wallis

      Dr Rebecca Wallis is a Senior Lecturer at the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland. Her teaching and research interests fall broadly within the areas of criminal law and procedure, the law of evidence, and criminal justice system structure and operation. She is concerned with how criminal law theories and principles play out in policy and practice, and how these shape the operation of the criminal justice system.