Budget ignores legal aid shortage (via Lawyers Weekly)
The 2015 Federal Budget does not include assistance for the legal aid sector despite repeated calls from the profession to address “chronic underfunding”. The National …
SA lawyers say DPP must be held accountable for its decisions, not pursue cases doomed to failure | The Advertiser
PROSECUTORS must be courageous and stop pursuing cases that are doomed to fail rather than adding to trial logjam and defendants’ expense, lawyers say. Source: …
Prominent members of SA’s legal profession answer our questions | The Advertiser
To coincide with Law Week, an extensive questionnaire compiled by court reporters Ken McGregor and Sean Fewster has asked the state’s most experienced legal minds …
Child protection bill could ‘undermine international law’ – InDaily
The State Government’s attempt to adopt the Coroners’ recommendations in the Chloe Valentine case could undermine the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, …
Key South Australian child protection data not kept or won’t be revealed (Advertiser)
THE full extent of problems in the child protection system is not known because the State Government either is not recording key data or won’t …
States renew push for single system regulation of legal profession | The Australian
NSW and Victoria will engage in a fresh round of lobbying to urge other states and territories to sign up to uniform laws for regulating …
Should lawyers get a cut of damages? – InDaily | Adelaide News
A debate is looming about freeing up restrictions on the ways lawyers can charge their clients, and the answers aren’t simple, argues Morry Bailes. Presently …
Attorney-General John Rau seeking to close loopholes that leave domestic violence victims at further risk (The Advertiser)
LAWS to protect victims of abusive partners will be strengthened to crack down on breaches of protection orders and force offenders to pay for rehabilitation. …
Retrospective legislation to fix a Safework SA stuff up would set a dangerous precedent, says Business SA
The state’s peak business lobby group says if the legislation is passed, it will set an “unacceptable precedent’’ and undermine confidence in the rule of …
Proposed amendments to binding financial agreement provisions of the Family Law Act 1975 | Attorney-General’s Department
The proposed provisions set out in the exposure draft would amend the Family Law Act to remove existing uncertainties around requirements for entering, interpreting and …