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| UpdatedQueensland's community legal centres now help seven times as many people with domestic violence issues as five years ago and are not coping with the demand, the sector's peak body says.
Topics: community-organisations, judges-and-legal-profession, federal---state-issues, domestic-violence, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, maroochydore-4558, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedMichael Grant makes a rare public statement in defence of the NT judiciary following news reports linking low numbers of youths in detention to a recent spike in property crime.
Topics: youth, prisons-and-punishment, judges-and-legal-profession, child-abuse, crime, royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, darwin-0800, nt
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| UpdatedA legal service which assists hundreds of unrepresented women at the Family Court in Victoria will have to be dropped next year due to funding cuts, according to the Women's Legal Service of Victoria.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, domestic-violence, community-and-society, judges-and-legal-profession, state-parliament, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, melbourne-3000, vic
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A former Canberra criminal lawyer is found guilty of 14 counts of deception, after he accepted payment from a client's mother while also receiving funds from Legal Aid.
Topics: courts-and-trials, judges-and-legal-profession, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act
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The Queensland Supreme Court is facing an increased workload while coping with outdated technology and substandard facilities at a major regional courthouse, Chief Justice Catherine Holmes says.
Topics: courts-and-trials, judges-and-legal-profession, computers-and-technology, budget, brisbane-4000, rockhampton-4700
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The ACT Supreme Court is to get a new justice with the appointment of David Mossop to replace Justice Richard Refshauge who is retiring.
Topics: courts-and-trials, judges-and-legal-profession, canberra-2600, act
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Sensitive information held by Australia's law firms is a prime target for cyber attacks, and small law firms and barristers need great protection, according to the Law Council of Australia.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, internet-technology, law-crime-and-justice, business-economics-and-finance, hacking, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, judges-and-legal-profession, australia
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A Perth start-up develops technology it is likening to a "Bloomberg terminal" for lawyers, where they can access real-time data including court cases and government documents.
Topics: information-technology, robots-and-artificial-intelligence, judges-and-legal-profession, perth-6000, wa
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As he nears the end of eight years as the nation's top judge, Robert French stands by his response to critics of his most controversial ruling.
Topics: judges-and-legal-profession, laws, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, federal-government, government-and-politics, immigration, refugees, canberra-2600, act, australia
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An online robot lawyer designed to help people represent themselves in court state their case to the sentencing magistrate will be launched by a Melbourne law firm this week.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, science-and-technology, law-crime-and-justice, judges-and-legal-profession, courts-and-trials, melbourne-3000, australia, vic
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A Canberra criminal lawyer who allegedly accepted payment from a client's mother while also receiving funds from Legal Aid is being tried for dishonesty in the ACT Supreme Court.
Topics: courts-and-trials, judges-and-legal-profession, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedQueensland's Chief Magistrate rebukes one of his own judges for making supportive comments to protesters during sentencing.
Topics: judges-and-legal-profession, law-crime-and-justice, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, immigration, refugees, community-and-society, qld
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There is "disquiet" among some senior members of the South Australian Bar Association following the state's Attorney-General's successful application to become a Senior Counsel (SC), the group's president reveals.
Topics: judges-and-legal-profession, law-crime-and-justice, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedSpecial consideration was given to Attorney-General John Rau's application to become a Senior Counsel, South Australia's Chief Justice Chris Kourakis confirms, to spare any embarrassment had it been rejected.
Topics: judges-and-legal-profession, law-crime-and-justice, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedSouth Australian Attorney-General and Deputy Premier John Rau is among six new senior counsel appointed in the state.
Topics: judges-and-legal-profession, law-crime-and-justice, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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A man who admitted to taking drugs and spending time in a US jail after lying on a visa application will be allowed to practice law in the ACT.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, judges-and-legal-profession, mental-health, drug-use, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedLegal Aid's decision to fund an appeal for a father who pimped out his daughter to other paedophiles is labelled "amazingly stupid" by the Corrective Services Minister Joe Francis.
Topics: child-abuse, sexual-offences, judges-and-legal-profession, perth-6000
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| UpdatedTwo former SA Health workers are found guilty of deceiving the organisation through an elaborate scam involving fake racist death threats.
Topics: judges-and-legal-profession, adelaide-5000
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An Australian-first crowdfunded training model for law graduates in WA proves successful, with 80 per cent of its inductees now employed as lawyers.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, judges-and-legal-profession, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe president of the Queensland's Court of Appeal, Justice Margaret McMurdo, announces her resignation after 18 years in the position.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, laws, judges-and-legal-profession, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedAn attempt by the Tasmanian Opposition to suggest the possibility of a local legal stoush akin to the recent spat between the federal Attorney-General and Solicitor-General is dismissed by the state Attorney-General.
Topics: judges-and-legal-profession, law-crime-and-justice, constitution, government-and-politics, tas
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A decorated former police officer badly injured after a criminal shot at him, lodging 37 bullet fragments in his head, calls for an overhaul of Victoria's WorkSafe compensation scheme.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, workplace, judges-and-legal-profession, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedLegal experts say the Queensland Jury Act may need to be reviewed after a juror in the Gable Tostee murder trial almost caused a mistrial by her multiple posts on social media during deliberations.
Topics: courts-and-trials, judges-and-legal-profession, state-parliament, brisbane-4000
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Cancer claims the life of Adelaide judge Rosemary Davey after a long legal career, including work as a defence barrister in the Snowtown serial killings case.
Topics: judges-and-legal-profession, law-crime-and-justice, death, community-and-society, cancer, breast-cancer, diseases-and-disorders, health, adelaide-5000, sa
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A voluntary target for the amount of pro bono work done by Australian lawyers has been met for the first time since 2013.
Topics: judges-and-legal-profession, charities-and-community-organisations, australia