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Family lawyers welcome new measures
Australian family lawyers have praised a new support initiative in NSW courts, as well as the family law funding...
19 May 2017
By Tom Lodewyke
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New report airs UN special rapporteur’s concerns
A new report about Australia’s immigration detention scheme, to be presented to the UN Human Rights Council next...
19 May 2017
By Melissa Coade
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Spent convictions – when does the past stop catching up with you?
Introducing a legislated spent convictions scheme is a simple and straightforward reform that goes to the heart of...
17 May 2017
By Julia Kretzenbacher, Paige Darby and Sheradyn Simmonds
Adult prison no place for kids, Vic court finds
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Adult prison no place for kids, Vic court finds
A Victorian Supreme Court decision has been applauded by the law clinic that took the state government to court for...
16 May 2017
By Melissa Coade
New name for NSW bench
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New name for NSW bench
David Russell SC will be sworn in as a judge of the NSW District Court and Dust Diseases Tribunal at the end of...
15 May 2017
By Melissa Coade
Former ASIC consultant appointed to Vic bench
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Former ASIC consultant appointed to Vic bench
The latest Victorian to be appointed to the bench of the County Court previously worked as a special consultant with...
09 May 2017
By Melissa Coade
Vic judicial commission readies for launch
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Vic judicial commission readies for launch
Victoria has set up an independent complaints committee to hear concerns about the conduct of the state’s...
08 May 2017
By Melissa Coade
Peter Hall QC to take top post in ICAC shake-up
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Peter Hall QC to take top post in ICAC shake-up
The NSW government has named a former Supreme Court judge to lead the state’s revamped anti-corruption...
24 April 2017
By Melissa Coade
Champion of the bar departs from Federal Court
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Champion of the bar departs from Federal Court
Justice Christopher Jessup has stepped down from the Federal Court bench, following more than a decade of judicial...
24 April 2017
By Melissa Coade
17-hour judgment a case for change
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17-hour judgment a case for change
Four days of oral reasons delivered by a presiding judicial officer may have been common place 200 years ago, but times...
20 April 2017
By Melissa Coade