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Swathes of defendants awaiting trial will be freed if government doesn’t fix Legal Aid dispute - High Court

The strike called by the Criminal Bar Association has led to large numbers of trials being adjourned

Evening Standard

Alleged airport shooter gets 'sick of waiting', refuses to attend court

Representations sent to the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions have been "nominally accepted", Ali Ammoun's lawyer has told a court.

The Canberra Times

High Court challenge to defendants being freed from prison is delayed by Legal Aid blunders

Thousands of Crown Court hearings around the country are being disrupted

Evening Standard

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The Standard View: This fossil fuel crisis requires clean energy solutions

The financial support package set out by the Government today will come as a relief to millions of households and businesses. Part of this plan will also involve expanding our energy supply, including fracking and North Sea oil and gas.

Evening Standard

New Justice Secretary Brandon Lewis agrees to meet barristers on strike

Justice Secretary Brandon Lewis has agreed to meet with striking barristers next week, as new figures show the Crown Court backlog has risen to almost 60,000 cases.

Evening Standard

Defendants set free from prison as barrister Legal Aid strike continues

Thousands of trials and sentencing hearings have had to be abandoned

Evening Standard

Barristers to vote on total walkout as unions step up strike war

Strike over the Government’s stance on Legal Aid fees threatens to escalate

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Man allegedly hit friend's corpse after car 'smashed' in fatal crash

The Evatt man had allowed his dead friend to drive his car, a magistrate has said.

The Canberra Times

Darwin mass shooter Benjamin Hoffmann's lawyer withdraws services in alleged 'hot water' prison assault case

Mass shooter Benjamin Hoffmann may be unrepresented in an upcoming court case over an alleged prison assault, after his lawyer withdrew due to ongoing funding issues.

ABC News

Criminal barristers warn of ‘national emergency’ as they head to Parliament in legal aid dispute

The criminal justice system is in the grip of a “national emergency” with politicians accused of playing Russian Roulette with its future, barrister told Parliament as their strike enters its fourth week.

Evening Standard

NT Legal Aid considering further cuts to services after suspending bush courts

A financial "black hole" at the NT’s Legal Aid Commission has left remote residents unrepresented. Now, the commission’s director says the board is considering further cuts to services.

ABC News

How funding cuts are impacting the NT's bush courts, where remote residents access justice

In remote Australia, justice is often delivered by fly-in-fly-out courts. But now some people are being left with no legal representation.

ABC News

Massive funding needed to avert justice crisis, say barristers set to strike over legal aid

Walkouts on Monday are expected to be accompanied by picket lines outside Crown Courts around the country

Evening Standard

Criminal barristers vote to go on strike as legal aid dispute with government escalates

Barristers have voted to go on strike from next week in the ongoing row with government over Legal Aid funding.

Evening Standard

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Three lawyers speak out with allegations of racism inside Legal Aid

The government-funded Legal Aid agency in NSW has been accused of racism and discrimination by a number of its own employees.

The Canberra Times

'Reasons beyond anyone's control' may delay Higgins rape trial

The trial is due to begin next week, but lawyers representing the accused are no longer available.

ABC News

Ex-deputy mayor Paul Cohrs, accused of murdering mother, rejects drug treatment at fitness hearing

Paul Cohrs, 62, represents himself at a fitness hearing in the Supreme Court of Victoria where two forensic psychiatrists say he has "a number of persecutory delusions".

The Canberra Times

COVID-19 made me sell meth, 'disgraced' drug trafficker claims

The 37-year-old faces the prospect of deportation after he was sentenced on Monday to nine-and-a-half months in jail.

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Evening Standard

London’s solicitors to refuse burglary cases in escalating Legal Aid dispute with government

Warning of criminal cases collapsing in ‘chaos’ if defendants do not have a legal representative

ABC News

Darwin shooter Benjamin Hoffmann rehires sacked legal team, loses Legal Aid funding

The man who killed four people during a shooting rampage across Darwin in 2019 rehires a team of lawyers he earlier sacked – this time on a pro bono basis.

ABC News

Remote residents left to represent themselves, as Legal Aid stops accepting bush court files

Vulnerable remote Northern Territory residents, including children, could be forced to represent themselves in criminal matters, with Legal Aid no longer accepting bush court files, the ABC can reveal.

ABC News

Kimberley man permanently disqualified from driving 14 years ago wins appeal

Anthony Johnson walked 10km each day to get to work after being permanently disqualified from driving in 2008. Last week, his conviction was overturned in WA's Supreme Court.

Tribune News Service

Broken windows policing a recipe for race-based enforcement, Legal Aid Society warns in new analysis

NEW YORK — Broken windows leads to broken trust of the police in minority communities, the Legal Aid Society says, citing new NYPD data showing 91% of typical quality-of-life arrests last year were of Black and Latino suspects.

Tribune News Service

NYPD sued over DNA database that contains genetic profiles of ‘innocent’ New Yorkers

NEW YORK — The NYPD’s DNA database is comprised of an ever-growing number of genetic profiles of thousands of innocent New Yorkers, including children, a lawsuit alleges.

Tribune News Service

NYC parolees jailed on minor violations denied state-required court hearings, says Legal Aid Society

Ninety-one Rikers Island detainees jailed on parole violations have been denied in-person court hearings required by a new state law, defense lawyers say.

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