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.
Sarah Cruikshank has been announced today as the new Director-General for the Department of Justice. The announcement follows the appointment of Acting Director-General Brigita Cunnington last year. Ms Cruikshank has…
Tomorrow’s Queensland Law Society Symposium has attracted a record number of practitioners, with 750 attending this year’s premium professional development event at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. This year’s…
Regional practitioners can hear from the Queensland Law Reform Commission (QLRC) about its review of particular criminal defences, at a series of information sessions next week. In Toowoomba, a Legal…
His Honour Judge Everson, Her Honour Judge Kefford, His Honour Judge Williamson KC and Her Honour Judge McDonnell will speak at an advocacy workshop for early career lawyers next week. …
Following the success of last year’s inaugural Culture & Law Moot, the event designed to foster diversity, inclusion and positive discourse is back at Banco Court tomorrow night, 20 March….
A report into the criminalisation and imprisonment of women globally has shown a 60 per cent rise in the number of female prisoners since 2000. From poverty to punishment: Examining…
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