
Legal Aid NSW Criminal Law Division
Hosted by Caitlin and Sophie and Paul · Legal Aid NSW
5.0from 8 ratings
- 80
- Episodes
- 38
- Transcribed
- 8
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
- 272K
- YouTube views
About Legal Aid NSW Criminal Law Division
Criminal Law updates, matters of relevance and interest to lawyers who practise in criminal law.
- Publisher
- Legal Aid NSW
- Category
- government
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 28 Nov 2017
- Latest episode
- 17 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
38 of 80 episodes have a transcript.

17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
5 Cases Podcast - Episode 31

21 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
5 Cases Podcast - Episode 30 with The Honourable Andrew Bell AC, Chief Justice of New South Wales

22 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
5 Cases Podcast - Episode 29
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5 Cases Podcast - Episode 31
Published 17 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] In any case, there was only a single ground of appeal, and that was that the judge had failed to properly determine whether or not the applicant's moral culpability was reduced because of that disadvantaged background resulting in a miscarriage. And that was upheld ultimately. The interesting passages I found were at paragraph 28, where His Honour said this, the idea of a causal link between a background such as the applicant's and his offending is problematic. Humans are more complicated than such a formulation allows. The idea that the applicant's life experience from the age of six or seven did not shape him such as to have an impact on who he became and consequently his behaviours is problematic. […]
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- Andrew Bell AC
- Kellie Stares SC
- Professor David Heilpern
- Tom Quilter SC
- Andrew Ellis
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 272,107
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 1 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 7 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100
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- Quality
- 33
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 89
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Who hosts Legal Aid NSW Criminal Law Division?
Caitlin and Sophie and Paul host the show. Published by Legal Aid NSW.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Legal Aid NSW Criminal Law Division take guests?
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