Mr David Plater |
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| Position: | Adjunct Lecturer |
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| Division/Portfolio: | Division of Business | |
| School/Unit: | School of Law | |
| Campus: | City West Campus | |
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| Email: | David_dot_Plater_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au | |
| URL for Business Card: | http://people.unisa.edu.au/David.Plater | |
David Plater graduated from Monash University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts and in 1989 with a Bachelor of Laws. He completed a Master of Laws in Criminal Litigation at the Inns of Court Law School in London in 2002 -2003. He is presently in the final portion of completing his PhD at the University of Tasmania into the development and modern role of the prosecution lawyer in the criminal process. He is admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Courts of the Northern Territory, Tasmania and South Australia. He is also admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales and as a solicitor of the High Court of the Republic of Ireland. After completing his articles of clerkship in 1990 at the Northern Territory Crown Law Department David travelled widely before practising criminal law from 1992 to 2006 in England as a Crown Prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service in Kent and London. He was last employed in the UK as a Senior Crown Prosecutor at the Youth and Inner London Crown Court branch of the CPS. From 2006 to 2008 during his PhD he was involved with tutoring and lecturing in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the University of Tasmania and assisting with student mooting and work experience. He is presently employed as a legal practitioner in Adelaide and assists with student mooting and as an Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Law at the University of South Australia.
Teaching interests
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Procedure
- Mooting
Professional associations
Law Society of England
Law Society of Ireland
International Association of Prosecutors
Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts: Monash University 1987
Bachelor of Laws: Monash University: 1989
Master of Laws: Inns of Court Law Schhol, London: 1989
Admitted as a legal practitioner: Northern Territory, Tasmania, South Australia, Ireland, England and Wales
Research interests
- Youth Justice
- Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
- Criminal Discovery/Disclosure
Research publications
Plater, David, The Development of the Prosecutor's Role in England and Australia with Respect to its Duty of Disclosure: Partisan Advocate or Minister of Justice?, University of Tasmania Law Review, 25, (2) pp. 111-155. ISSN 0082-2108 (2008) [Refereed Article]
Community Service
| Organisation Name: | Law Society of South Australia |
| Organisation URL: | http://Indigenous Law Student Mentoring Program |
| Level of involvement: | Mentor |
| Year from: | 2008 |
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