Will Tuckey

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Criminal Law
• Inquests and Inquiries
• Mental Health Advocacy
• Supreme Court Bails

Panel Memberships: Legal Aid – Indicatable Crime Panel, Serious Complex Crime Panel, Summary Crime Panel, Child Crime Panel , Domestic Violence Panel, Mental Health Panel

DATE OF ADMISSION

Admitted as Barrister: 2015
Admitted as Solicitor: 2005

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Master of Laws – Sydney University
• Accredited as a Criminal Law Specialist (whilst a solicitor) – Law Society NSW
• Bachelor of Arts and of Laws (First Class Honours) – Macquarie University
• Deans Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in Law – Macquarie University
• Part-Time General Service Officer First Appointment Course – Royal Military College, Duntroon

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

• Legal Aid NSW – District Court sentences, trials and appeals from the Local Court; Supreme Court Bails; Committal Proceedings; Local Court Proceedings; and Drug Court Proceedings.
• Western Aboriginal Legal Service/Aboriginal Legal Service (ACT/NSW) Ltd (Bourke Office) –  Local and Children’s Court Proceedings, and District Court Proceedings (sentences; appeals from the Local Court; instructing in trial and mental health proceedings) in Western NSW.
• Office of the Director Of Public Prosecutions – Trial Clerk (preparing and instructing in trials), Short Matters Clerk (Preparing, instructing and appearing in Local Court appeals to the District Court and Supreme Court Bails).