Gerard Elmore
Gerard (Gerry) Elmore practices in criminal law, commercial litigation (contractual disputes), administrative law, regulatory prosecutions/civil penalty proceedings, and related appeals in these areas.
Gerry is a sitting member of the Ipswich Rugby League Judiciary and Disciplinary Tribunal, a member of the Complex Legal Aid Panel, an Adjunct Lecturer for the College of Law, a moot judge for USQ and a marker of or USQ.
In July 2019 he transitioned to the private bar, after being employed counsel. Before coming to the bar, Gerry spent four and a half years prosecuting for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, specialising in proceeds of crime, a year with Brisbane Police Prosecutions, a short period as Counsel with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service and three and a half years as a regulatory prosecutor.
Gerry regularly appears as defence counsel in the Supreme, District and Magistrates Courts in trials, sentences, section 590AA applications, and bail.
Gerry also has a strong practice in regulatory prosecution and defence work. Gerry is briefed by regulatory agencies and corporate defendants in environmental and biosecurity civil and criminal offences.
Admitted to Practice: 3 September 2012
Called to the Bar: 5 December 2015
Decisions:
Quaresmini v Huang & Anor [2022] QCA 133.
Pinzone v Merrin & Anor [2022] QSC 107.
Scott v NPQ [2022] QCA 98.
R v Ponting [2022] QCA 83.
R v Armitage; R v Armitage; R v Dean [2021] QCA 185.
R v Thompson [2021] QCA 29.
Harris v Lagerroth; Lagerroth v Harris Operations Pty Ltd [2020] QDC 111.
Harris v Lagerroth; Harris Operations Pty Ltd v Lagerroth [2020] QDC 285.
R v McFarlane [2020] QDC 314
Neale v Commissioner of Police [2020] QDC 233.
Goldhounds Mining and Exploration Pty. Ltd. v Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy [2019] QLC 10.
Esat v Rauchle [2018] QDC 235.
Queensland Police Service v Morris [2016] QMC 5.
State of Queensland v Moore [2014] QSC 90.
Articles:
Gray, Anthony and Elmore, Gerard (2012) 'The constitutionality of minimum mandatory sentencing provisions', Journal of Judicial Administration, 22(1).
Gray, Anthony and Elmore, Gerard (2013) 'The constitutionality of minimum mandatory sentencing - part II', Journal of Judicial Administration, 23(1).