The Supreme Court hears a challenge to the Victorian laws which allow people to undergo shock therapy against their will, with a lawyer saying two of his clients were terrified by the process.

The Supreme Court will today examine laws governing how electroconvulsive treatment can be administered, after a woman was forced to undergo 12 sessions of treatment for schizophrenia against her will.

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A new initiative in north west Victoria is hoping to make it easier for disadvantaged people to access legal support.

Effort to keep in Australia 58-year-old Saeed, who is sick, illiterate and from a persecuted minority, failed on Sunday

A former Sydney oncologist who indecently assaulted the daughter of an elderly prostate cancer patient could be sent to jail for up two years after his application for a mental health order was rejected.