Benjamin Dighton
Contact
P 07 3367 0334
M 0400 742 467
F 07 3369 7098
Areas of Practice
Administrative
Appellate
Child Protection
Criminal
Inquests / Commissions of Inquiry / Statutory Tribunals
Legal Education & Admissions
Bachelor of Laws, University of Queensland
Master of Laws, University of Queensland
Admitted as a Legal Practitioner, Supreme Court of Queensland
Admitted as a Barrister, Supreme Court of Queensland
Practice History
Lawyer, Piper Alderman
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
2010 - Present: Barrister-at-law
2010 - 2015: Law Tutor, University of Queensland
2016 - 2017: Appointed Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into the Detention and Protection of Children in the Northern Territory
Contributing author to Indictable Offences in Queensland (Thomson Reuters)
Notable Cases
SBX v The Queen [2013] HCATrans 238
AB v Commissioner For Children and Young People and Child Guardian [2012] QCAT 472
Smith v The Queen [2015] HCATrans 84
WGS v Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services [2015] QCAT 417
R v Crouch; R v Carlisle [2016] QCA 081
Glover v Director, Child Protection Litigation & Ors [2016] QChC 16
R v TAE [2016] QCA 133
R v Pickering [2016] QCA 231
R v Pham, Tran & Dang; Ex parte Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2017] QCA 46
Professional Memberships
Bar Association of Queensland
Queensland Law Society Children’s Law Committee
Law and Justice Institute Queensland
Child Protection Practitioners Association of Queensland
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation