Justice Helen Bowskill has today issued a practice direction on excusal from jury service – Practice Direction No.5 of 2022.
It details additional criteria for discharge from jury or excusal from jury service, including COVID-19 vaccination status.
The Early Experience of Voluntary Assisted Dying in Queensland: What Have We Learned? will be presented as part of this year’s Current Legal Issues seminar series.
Practitioners are invited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Federal Circuit and Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) with a state-based ceremonial sitting and dinner in…
The Judicial Exchange Program is an opportunity for the judges to examine firsthand practices for listing, managing and hearing matters in other state jurisdictions.
The appeal judges said the timing at the end of the trial was unfair “to the accused, the Crown, and their respective legal representatives, but most of all to the jury”.
On 30 July 2026, the Executive Committee of the Council of the Queensland Law Society Incorporated (“the Society”) passed resolutions to appoint officers of the Society, jointly and severally, as…
The Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration has published a National Bench Book on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and the Legal System. The resource is intended to help judicial…
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