The Congolese refugee - whose third language was English - did not understand the caution concerning the right to silence and did not have an interpreter present when interviewed by police.
The Honourable Justice Lincoln Crowley will chair a panel of emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal professionals at a Griffith University Law School Meet the Profession event next month.
"A solicitor preparing an affidavit on behalf of a client and witnessing a client executing an affidavit should be mindful of whether there is anything in the affidavit which is misleading or false"
