Manny Conditsis
This is a hot topic at present and rightly so. There needs to be and should be significant community discussion and education to do the subject justice. The NSW Government is looking to join the only other state in Australia, namely, Tasmania, to criminalise coercive control. The NSW Law Society has endorsed the Government in…
Read MoreManny ConditsisManny Conditsis has been short-listed for the Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards 2021. The Partner of the Year Awards recognises and rewards lawyers at the height of their careers, noting their outstanding achievements, leadership, technical expertise, mentorship and business development skills. This year the awards are more important than ever, highlighting and…
Read Morehttps://youtu.be/3EYaa7hS6dEListen to Manny Conditsis, Accredited Criminal Law Specialist, Senior Trial Advocate and, Director at Conditsis Lawyers, share his view on the recent “Affirmative Consent” laws news.
Read Morehttps://youtu.be/zQdptMIdlrI Listen to Manny Conditsis, Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law, Senior Trial Advocate and Director at Conditsis Lawyers, share his thoughts on De Bellin.
Read Morehttps://youtu.be/IPJDcTNSl8c Watch Manny Conditsis, Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law, Senior Trial Advocate and Director at Conditsis Lawyers, share his thoughts on Christian Porter and how the popular opinion surrounding him contrasts with procedural fairness and justice.
Read MorePopular Opinion Where there is smoke there is fire [2020 Four Corners Program as to recent and historical inappropriate behaviour of Christian Porter] as well as the more recent allegations of sexual assault dating back to 1988 [33 years ago]. Irrespective of Police confirmation of its own legal advice that there is insufficient admissible…
Read MoreThis is a hot topic at present and rightly so. There needs to be and should be significant community discussion and education to do the subject justice. Is coercive control a form of domestic violence or abuse and should it be criminalised? The overwhelming answer is Yes! It is for that reason that the NSW…
Read MoreDid you know that it is a criminal offence to have consensual sex or any form of consensual sexual touching when one or both are under the age of 16 years? Example 1: the boy is 16 ½ and the girl is 15 ½ – it is a criminal offence Example 2: the girl is…
Read MoreWhat does a hung Jury mean? In Australia, for an accused to either be found guilty or not guilty of a crime in a jury trial, the starting point is that the jury decision must be unanimous. However, after jury deliberations of about 8 hours or so, the judge will usually direct the jury that…
Read Morehttps://youtu.be/NZjzONbuyfA Watch Manny Conditsis, Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law, Senior Trial Advocate and Director at Conditsis Lawyers, share his thoughts on how COVID-19 and the law may interact with one another in civil and criminal cases.
Read Morehttps://youtu.be/itI9Asx_o0M Manny Conditsis discusses COVID 19 and the effect on Bail during an interview with ABC Radio.
Read Morehttps://youtu.be/uxZQdtTa8h0 Manny Conditsis discusses the recent Court of Criminal Appeal decision in the Cardinal Pell matter.
Read MoreIn 1997, the public’s national attention focused on the firm as a result of a successful verdict given in the highly publicized “Dean Waters Case”. The accused, Dean Waters, was one of three brothers who were all famous boxers in their own right and who were trained by their father, Ces Waters. Together they formed…
Read Morehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIkOzDzaMCc Manny Conditsis Discusses Strip Search Law with ABC Radio.
Read MoreThe reader is reminded that this paper is not intended to include detailed legal research, either as to the common law or legislation relating to sex matters. It is intended to provide the ‘basics” in some terminology and directions given by a trial judge; and to get the reader thinking about potential strategies and which…
Read MoreBackground – Case Study – Client John Note: Psyuedonyms for all names Initially, John was charged in relation to two complainants – Mary and Jane. At the time of the alleged offences, Mary was about 16 years and some months and Jane about 15 years and 9 months; and John was about 6 months…
Read MoreIn New South Wales the law as to self-defence is essentially contained in Section 418 of the Crimes Act 1900 and there are various case authorities that interpret that section. Essentially, there are two (2) legs to making out a defence of self-defence and they are: The person who asserts he or she is acting…
Read MoreProposed Legislation The Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Sentencing Options) Act 2017 No 53 will make substantial amendments to the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 [“the Act”] and is scheduled to be proclaimed in about May 2018. Gloss Overview Abolition of Good Behaviour Bonds (s9) AND replacement with Conditional Release Orders (“CRO’s”) OR Community Corrections Orders…
Read MoreThe Amending Act [EAGP] passed Parliament on 18 October 2017 and the Department of Justice [“DoJ”] has advised it is expected that the EAGP reform will commence by May 2018. The Department of Justice [“DoJ”] has referred to the EAGP reforms as “a systemic shift in the way serious criminal matters are managed in the…
Read MoreOpinion | What’s behind area’s rising crime statistics The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research disclosed last week that crime across most of NSW had remained stable or fallen over the past two years. The bad news, particularly for Newcastle, is that most major crimes are increasing in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Statistical Area. This…
Read MoreRecent changes to parole and shoot to kill laws and regulations introduced through amendments to terrorism legislation in New South Wales present some very real concerns to our priceless civil liberties under the repeated political populace mantra that this is necessary to make us “safer from terrorists that would see us harm”. This bill was…
Read MoreManny Conditsis presents the potential significant impacts of changing parole laws with ABC News Radio.
Read MoreI appeared for Dean Waters as trial advocate, in my first murder trial [at Newcastle Supreme Court] in 1997 before his Honour RS Hulme J (as he then was), when after a 9 day trial, the jury took about 30 minutes to find the accused not guilty of the murder of Allen Hall; notwithstanding the…
Read MoreFollowing a recent ACC (Australian Crime Commission) report on drugs in sport, Manny Conditsis joins the Coast FM Sports Panel to discuss wide-ranging questions around drugs in sport the impact they could have on players, sports scientists and clubs on a local, national and international level.
Read MoreTrial Advocate – Manny Conditsis Man Charged with Murder and Maliciously Wound after wild brawl Numerous Co-Accused faced a 5 month trial in the Supreme Court and whilst they were acquitted of murder they were all found guilty of manslaughter and are serving lengthy sentences of imprisonment. Our client was charged with the murder of…
Read MoreTrial Advocate – Manny Conditsis Dazed Stranger Found in House, Allegedly in Possession of Ecstasy Pills for Supply A bizarre case where our client was found dazed and confused in a strangers house, having a shower in the early hours of the morning. Not surprisingly our client asked to leave the premises and he did…
Read MoreManny Conditsis The firm took over a Family Law case after the man had appeared for himself at a hearing in front of a Judge of the Family Court, when the Judge made unfavourable orders against the man. An appeal was lodged on behalf of the man to the Full Court of the Family Court…
Read MoreTrial Advocate – Manny Conditsis The Australian Federal Police (AFP) charged 5 co-accused with conspiring to import 40kg of the powder into Australia by ship from Europe. Manny Conditsis represented one of the accused, who worked on the wharves at Port Botany. Each of the other co-accused were represented by separate trial lawyers. The AFP…
Read MorePresident of the Law Society of NSW, Justin Dowd, has congratulated Gosford criminal advocate Manny Conditsis, recipient of the Law Society President’s Award announced as part of the 2012 Justice Awards last night. The Law Society President’s Award is presented to an individual solicitor for pro bono work undertaken through the Law Society Pro Bono…
Read MoreTrial Advocate – Manny Conditsis A battered spouse was charged with the stabbing murder of her husband, although she had no recollection of and did not believe that she committed the offence. After a six week trial in the Supreme Court, the jury acquitted our client, likely on the basis of self defense. This case…
Read MoreThe Law of Citizen’s Arrest and the Right to Self-Defence in Australia
Read MorePossession of Powder and Intended Manufacture of Methylamphetamine A very difficult 2 month trial won against all odds! A significant quantity of pseudoephedrine powder and precursors such as Hypophosphorous Acid was allegedly found on our client’s premises by police. Manny Conditsis and Natasha Konic spent many hours pouring over the police video of the execution…
Read MoreAn elderly man was charged with alleged sexual offences. We were able to satisfy the jury that the complainant had ulterior motives in making the complaints and Manny Conditsis and Natasha Konic spent many hours pouring over loads of documents that we had subpoenaed. The documents established that the complainant had told a series of…
Read MoreTrial Advocate – Manny Conditsis Solicitor – Natasha Konic A man was charged with the rape of a woman. The man said that the sex was consensual. After the cross examination of the woman, and the man, Manny Conditsis asked the judge to invite the jury to acquit our client without the jury hearing all…
Read MoreTrial Advocate – Manny Conditsis Solicitor – Natasha Konic A man was charged with the malicious wounding of another man causing him grievous bodily harm. If the man had been convicted he would have gone to jail for a long time. The man was found on the victim’s property, in the early hours of the…
Read MoreManny Conditsis discuses the truth behind self-defense legislation.
Read MoreWhat a lot of parents don’t realise, particularly parents with teenage children, is the concern where two young people, and I mean under the age of 16 years… they might go to school together for example… meet, have a relationship, have sex. Do you realise that one or the other, and it’s usually the boy,…
Read MoreThe topic of bail frequently comes up in conversations. But what people don’t realise is that there have been three changes to the bail laws in the past 18 months or so. And they have been fairly significant. Having said that, as simple as one can state at the moment, persons applying for bail fall…
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Read MoreON July 3, 2001, Scott Tindall sat in a chair in an Adamstown flat for 10 or 15 minutes, smoked a cigarette, decided “I just couldn’t take any more” and raised a hammer above his older brother Donald’s head, striking his skull up to 11 times. It was five months after Donald was acquitted of…
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