Eight new magistrates for NSW Local Court
The cogs of justice will turn faster in the new financial year, the state government has promised, as it pledges funding for eight new Local…
By Kate Allman - 2 min read
Legal profession celebrates recipients of Queen’s Birthday Honours
Lawyers from NSW have featured prominently in this year’s list of Queen’s Birthday Honours recipients.
By Kate Allman - 2 min read
‘The news our region has been waiting for’: drug court coming to Dubbo
Dubbo is the site for a much-anticipated new Drug Court, with the Orana Law Society declaring it “the news our region has been waiting for”.
By Amy Dale - 3 min read
Fixed fees on the rise for small law
Legal bill shock could become a thing of the past, if a recent trend of clients demanding fixed-fee pricing from small law firms and conveyancers…
By LSJ Team - 2 min read
Calls for urgent reform to Indigenous incarceration
The Law Society of NSW has joined other legal organisations in urging the government to address the “unacceptably” high rates of Indigenous incarceration, noting that…
By LSJ Team - 2 min read
Federal Budget will fund more Family Court judges, improve services for domestic violence
The number of federally funded judges in the Family Court and Federal Circuit Court of Australia will jump to 111 nationally, up from 101.
By Kate Allman - 3 min read
Australian Academy of Law launches inaugural First Nations scholarship
An Arrernte woman from Alice Springs is the first recipient of a new scholarship program established to improve pathways for First Nations people to become…
By LSJ Team - 2 min read
Four new magistrates tip Local Court closer to gender parity
The appointment of four new magistrates tips the percentage of women magistrates in the Local Court of NSW to 49.6 per cent.
By Kate Allman - 2 min read
Asylum seeker processing blitz has human rights lawyers concerned
The Australian Government is rushing to process the applications of some 1000 asylum seekers in Australia by 30 June.
By Kate Allman - 3 min read