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Regional housing crunch causes legal spike

People at high-risk of homelessness in NSW because of a lack of affordable housing are turning to lawyers to help keep a roof over their head.

AAP

Newcastle tenants forced to take landlords to tribunal for repairs, mould as housing crisis deepens

Newcastle's housing crisis 'especially dire' due to influx of people during pandemic, says Legal Aid

Newcastle Herald

Magistrate finds 'smart alec' accused of grabbing cop's gun in contempt

The man spent an afternoon in custody after being "uncooperative" in court.

The Canberra Times

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Backlog of criminal cases in Crown Courts reaches record high after strike

The backlog of criminal cases in the Crown Courts of England and Wales reached a new record-high of more than 61,000 during the government’s stand-off with barristers over Legal Aid, it has been revealed.

Evening Standard

'Victims are being failed...' Maggie Oliver backs barrister strikes as she blasts 'crumbling' criminal justice system

Strikes have brought many of Manchester's criminal courts to a standstill

Manchester Evening News

Criminal barristers offered £54m deal on Legal Aid as government seeks to end strike

Thousands of court hearings and criminal trials have been derailed by strike disruption

Evening Standard

Judges wrong to release people accused of serious crimes from jail, court rules

Trials have been postponed for months during the ongoing barristers strike

Manchester Evening News

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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

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

Evening Standard

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The Canberra Times

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.

ABC News

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.

Evening Standard

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.

ABC News

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.

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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.

Evening Standard

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.

ABC News

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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