$16m Toowoomba courthouse upgrade to improve victim-survivor safety

A major upgrade of the Toowoomba Courthouse will make it safer and easier to access for domestic and family violence victim survivors when it opens in the coming months, the Queensland Law Society says. The Queensland Government today announced the funding details of...

Legend devotes one more year to pursuing change

The failure by police to disclose evidence in criminal cases is an “endemic problem” in Queensland causing miscarriages of justice, renowned civil liberties lawyer Terry O’Gorman has told The Callover podcast. Mr O’Gorman, who retired from practice more than a year...

Repeat offending shapes sentencing view

Punishment and community protection were the most common considerations when Queenslanders think about sentencing, new research has revealed. The Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council (QSAC) has released the research brief, Community views on the importance of...

NSW lawyer struck off for failing to comply

QCAT has recommended that a lawyer be struck off the NSW roll following a finding of professional misconduct. The practitioner was admitted in New South Wales in 2006 and had periodically held practising certificates in Queensland, although had not held one since June...