Feb 23, 2024
NSW Chief Justice
Andrew Bell recently said that judges and magistrates need further
support, or the Australian court system will risk judicial crisis.
For these two senior criminal law practitioners, the comments ring
true, with processes in the state’s courts needing to be urgently
bolstered for the sake of practitioners, clients, and the community
alike
In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy
is joined by Taylor Rose consulting principals Angela Cooney and
Trudie Cameron (national practice director and practice director at
Armstrong Legal, respectively) to discuss what’s happening on the
ground in state courts and the “crazy workloads” being dealt with,
how and why the situation has become so unmanageable, the
exhaustion being felt by advocates, and whether the advent of
virtual hearings has helped or hindered in addressing such
backlogs.
The trio also reflect on the impact of such issues on
practitioners, those on the bench, clients and the broader
community, what solutions are urgently needed and from whom,
reactive strategies that can be implemented by individuals, basic
courtesies that lawyers can extend during matters to make things go
more smoothly, and how best advocates can be looking after
themselves during such difficult times.
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