Early Appropriate Guilty Plea (EAGP) Law Reform; Episode 1

Legal Aid NSW Criminal Law Division

In a 5 part series, the Early Appropriate Guilty Plea Implementation Team at Legal Aid NSW will take you through an explanation of the EAGP reforms. In these episodes, the team will refer you to the relevant legislation, operational aspects of the reform and tips for practioners on how to deal with EAGP matters.

In this episode the team discusses the following:

1. The case for change; what led to the EAGP Reforms

2. An outline of the EAGP committal process

3. How the reforms apply to criminal matters

4. Antipipated court timeframes for new committal matters.