Case study

Please I send the Assessment checklist: Please ensure you provide the following document/s for this assessment. 1)Instruction sheet 2)Index to brief This is a criminal law unit. The Plaintiff is a term from Civil Procedure. Please resubmit this with an instruction to Counsel and an index to brief. This needs to be about the problem you are being asked to deal with regarding the scenario. You are briefing a barrister in the instruction sheet, and providing him with the details in the index to brief. Please resubmit, if you have any questions email me, I have provided a skeleton document for both to assist you. Scenario You are employed as a law clerk by the Mt. Gravatt Law Centre in Queensland. You have recently been transferred to the Criminal Law Department. This department has a large legal aid criminal case load. Your supervising solicitor asks that before you commence working on these legal aid files that you familiarise yourself with the Legal Aid Queensland Case Management Guidelines located @: https://www.legalaid.qld.gov.au/about/policies-and-procedures/case-management-standards/pages/case-management-standards-criminal-law.aspx The solicitor asks you to review the file of an existing client, Peter Jones. Mr. Jones has been charged with an offence of assault occasioning bodily harm after becoming involved in a fight outside a nightclub with Victor Black. The next hearing date is a committal hearing in the Magistrates Court at George St, Brisbane CBD. Peter Jones has instructed that Victor Black started the fight by verbally abusing Peter and then hitting him, and that Peter retaliated in self defence to protect himself. Peter instructs that he punched Victor in the head, and this punch broke Victor’s jaw. Mr. Jones has received a grant of aid in this matter from Legal Aid Queensland. You note that the following documents are on the file of Peter Jones: – Charge Sheet detailing the charge against Peter Jones; – Bail sheet detailing the terms that bail has been granted to Peter Jones; – Transcript of interview between Peter Jones and Detective Stan Smith of Qld Police conducted 20th March 2013; – Statement of Peter Jones sworn 20th March 2013; – Statement of Victor Black sworn 19th March 2013; – Records from Royal Brisbane Hospital dated 18th March 2013 regarding attendance of Victor Black; – Statement of Charles Highpower, owner of Highpower Nites Nightclub, sworn 19th March 2013; – Photographs of Victor Black taken 18th March 2013; – Statement of witness Felicity Goodwill dated 19th March 2013; – Letter from Mt Gravatt Law Centre to Qld Police requesting documents dated 24th March 2013; Assessment instructions: Using the information above you are required to commence the preparation of a draft instruction sheet and index to the brief to counsel to appear on the client’s behalf in a matter. To assist in completing this assessment you are required to refer to the: – Legal Aid Queensland Case Management Guidelines – Resources for Element 3 – The relevant Mt Gravatt Law Centre Precedents Assessment checklist: Please ensure you provide the following document/s for this assessment. – Instruction sheet – Index to brief – INDEX TO BRIEF – COUNSEL: Mt. Gravatt Law Centre – CLIENT: Peter Jones – MATTER: Assault Occasioning Bodily Harm A “ LETTERS DATE AUTHOR Letter from Mt Gravatt Law Centre to Qld Police requesting documents 24/03/2013 Mt Gravatt Law Centre B “ STATEMENTS DATE AUTHOR Statement of Peter Jones 20/03/2013 Peter Jones Statement of Victor Black 19/03/2013 Victor Black Statement of Charles Power, owner of Highpower Nites Nightclub 19/03/2013 Charles Highpower Statement of witness Felicity Goodwill 19/03/2013 Felicity Goodwill C “ COURT/POLICE DOCS DATE Transcript of interview between Peter Jones and Detective Stan Smith of Qld Police 20/03/2013 Detective Stan Smith of Qld Police Charge sheet detailing the charge against Peter Jones N/a Qld Police Photographs of Victor Black 18/03/2013 Qld Police D “ OTHER DOCS DATE AUTHOR Bail sheet detailing the terms that bail has been granted to Peter Jones N/a Mt Gravatt Law Centre NEW CLIENT INSTRUCTION SHEET DESCRIPTION DETAILS 1. Your full name Peter Jones 2. Your residential address 3. Your postal address (if applicable) 4. Contact Telephone No. 5. Fax No. 6. Mobile No. 7. Email Address 8. Nature of Query 9. Type of Matter (Please tick appropriate box) LITIGATION 0 Magistrates Court 0 District Court 0 Supreme Court 0 Federal Court 0 Dispute-IP Matter 0Dispute-Other 0drafting 0advice CONTRACT/DEED 0IT Contract 0Sale of Property 0Lease 0Trust 0Employment/Contractor 0Power of Attorney 0Intellectual Property 0Other WILLS & PROBATE 0Drafting Will 0App. for Probate or Letters of Admin. 0Winding up Estate SETTLEMENTS 0Purchase-Dom. Prop. 0Sale-Dom. Prop 0Purchase-Comm. Prop 0Sale-Comm. Prop 0Purchase-Business 0Sale-Business 10. Other Party? 11. Other Party Address 12. Other Party Fax No. 13. Other Party’s Solicitor 14. Extra details 15. Any questions?