Dr Holli Edwards

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Holli practises in all areas of public law, particularly criminal law, administrative law, regulatory and human rights, including at the appellate level.

Holli was a Criminal Lawyer at Legal Aid Queensland and formerly Associate to a Supreme Court Justice. She is in the final stages of completing her PhD, which focuses on Access to Justice Initiatives as a mechanism for Rule of Law compliance.

She balances her busy practice with teaching Undergraduate and Juris Doctor law students at Bond University, in her role as Assistant Professor in the Law Faculty, including coaching moot competitors and mentoring budding advocates.

She has previously held academic research and sessional teaching roles at Bond, Griffith, and Swinburne Universities. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons)/International Relations and a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from Bond University.

Areas of Practice

  • Appellate
  • Criminal and regulatory
  • Inquests/inquiries
  • Public/administrative law
  • Human Rights
Holi Edwards

Professional History

  • Associate to the Hon. DK Boddice, a Supreme Court Justice (as His Honour then was) (January 2018 to November 2018)
  • Criminal Lawyer at Legal Aid Queensland (2019-2020)
  • Assistant Professor, Bond University (May 2025 – current)
  • Sessional Tutor, Bond University (January 2021-December 2024)
  • Senior Research Assistant in Law (Bond University, Griffith University, Swinburne University)
  • Co-coordinator and Supervisor of Internet Law Clinic (Bond University 2021-2022; 2025 – current)

Qualifications, Appointments and Admissions

  • Called to the Bar in May 2023
  • Admitted as a legal practitioner to the Supreme Court of Queensland 2019
  • Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice – Bond University 2019
  • Bachelor of Laws (Hons) / Bachelor of International Relations – Bond University 2017
  • Latin Language Course Level 1A – University of Queensland 2021

Publications

Legal Research Hub Articles

The Art of Truth: Professional Actors as Witnesses in Legal Proceedings – Legal Research Hub 2021

The Law of Nature: (Mis)Management of Kakadu National Park – Legal Research Hub 2021

Accessory Sentenced for Crime Not Proven? The Case of R v Doudar – Legal Research Hub 2021

Why Youths Should Not Expect Bail in Queensland – Legal Research Hub 2021

Merging the Family Court and Federal Circuit Court: A Happy Marriage? [co-authored] – Legal Research Hub 2021

Surviving the Silence: Reforms to Gag-Laws Allow Survivors of Abuse to Speak [co-authored] – Legal Research Hub 2021

Articles

Does International Law Apply to Islamic State? Towards a more Comprehensive Legal Response to Terrorism – Geneva Centre for Security Policy Jan 2017 (Listed as ‘Core Reading’ by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)

Laws of Armed Conflict and Civilian Participation in Intra-state Revolutions: The Iranian Revolution 1979 – Bond University Student Law Review (2016) 4(1)

Affirmative Consent and the Mistake of Fact Excuse in Western Australian Rape Law – University of Western Australia Law Review (2023) 50(1)

Book review: G E Dal Pont, Law of Associations – Queensland Law Reporter [2018] 38 QLR

Class Actions: A Class of Their Own (book review), The Queensland Lawyer Update (Thomson Reuters, 2020) 38(3) 

Book Chapters

Chapter 3: International law and terrorism: The case of ISIS, in Handbook of Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Post 9/11 – Edward Elgar Publishing Dec 2019

Notable Cases