Tom Danos

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Tom Danos is a high-profile barrister in Victoria, Australia. He mainly practices in the area of criminal law, and is Treasurer of the Victorian Criminal Bar Association. [1] Danos is a trustee member of the Maccabi World Union Board. He represented Australian athletes who were injured in the Maccabiah bridge collapse in Israel in 1997. [2] He also represented John Patrick Ford, a convicted man who gave evidence in the trial of alleged drug courier Schapelle Corby in Indonesia. [3]

Danos successfully represented Julian Michael Clarke before the Victorian Court of Appeal in 2005. Clarke's conviction at a first trial before the Supreme Court of Victoria in 2004 for the murder of Melbourne solicitor Keith William Allan, together with co-accused Sudo Cavkic and Costas Athanasi, was annulled, and a re-trial ordered. [4] [5] Argument by Danos in relation to the definition of reasonable doubt, that the jury should have been told by the trial judge that it should not be construed as a percentage, [6] was accepted by the Court of Appeal. This judgment of the Court of Appeal created an important precedent in Australian law. [7]

Danos represented Clarke subsequently at the second trial in 2006 and third trial in 2007. The second trial resulted in a hung jury, but Clarke, together with his two other co-accused, were convicted at the third trial. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tom F Danos". find a barrister. Victorian Bar. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Australians to lead 16th Maccabiah parade". the world today. ABC.net.au. 16 July 2001.
  3. ↑ "Corby witness attacked in jail: lawyer". TheAge.com.au. 7 May 2005. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  4. ↑ R v Cavkic, Athanasi & Clarke [2005] VSCA 182 (2 August 2005), Court of Appeal (Vic,Australia).
  5. ↑ "Court quashes murder convictions". TheAge.com.au. 2 August 2005. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Daniel Fogarty (2005), "Man waits on appeal," Geelong Advertiser, Wednesday 20 April, page 5
  7. ↑ R v Cavkic, Athanasi & Clarke [2005] VSCA 182 (2 August 2005), Court of Appeal (Vic,Australia).
  8. ↑ R v Cavkic, Athanasi & Clarke [2007] VSC 289 (16 August 2007), Supreme Court (Vic,Australia).


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