Biography:
Paul J. Smallwood is a barrister at the Victorian Bar who practises in public law, in particular criminal law and administrative law. He has appeared in a number of cases before the Supreme Court of Victoria, in both the Trial Division and Court of Appeal. Those cases include:
- Cotton v R (2015) 45 VR 341
- DPP v Cartwright (2015) 45 VR 168
- Bayley v R (2013) 43 VR 335
- Hunter v R (2013) 40 VR 660
- Kosian v R (2013) 40 VR 335
- Rowe v R (2013) 64 MVR 181
- SAJ v R (2012) 36 VR 435
- De Castres v R (2011) 33 VR 493
Another case - R v Creamer [2011] VSC 196 - was reviewed in K Toole, ‘Self Defence and the Reasonable Woman: Equality before the New Victorian Law’ (2012) 36 Melbourne University Law Review 250.
Paul is the Secretary of Liberty Victoria. He holds a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne.