Leadership and representation is LIV core business. As the peak body for the legal profession in Victoria, the LIV represents members’ views and interests to industry and government, and advocates justice for all.
Advocating Justice for All sets out the LIV’s platform for change in 2010 and beyond, and provides an overview of our advocacy work under four key themes:
- Supporting access to justice
- Protecting rights
- Advancing government transparency, access and accountability
- Focusing on the future
The LIV, through its Practice Section Committees, actively seeks to influence policy and legislation by making submissions to government, the courts, parliamentary committees and other bodies. Practice Section Committees and Committees of Council are supported by Legal Policy and Practice Department (LPP), which dedicates resources to research and legal policy development and co-ordinates the LIV’s lobbying, law reform initiatives and practice support services to members.
Supporting Access to Justice
- Reforming Civil Justice
- Funding Legal Aid
- Advocating Restorative Justice
- Promoting Appropriate Dispute Resolution
- Reforming Tort Law
- Accessing Interpreters in Civil Matter
- Reducing Risk of Adverse Cost Orders
- Improving Disbursement Assistance in Pro Bono Matters
- Streamlining & Simplification of Court Fee Waiver Forms
- Improving Access to Justice in RRR Areas
- Resourcing Courts and Tribunals
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Protecting Rights
- Reviewing the Charter of Human Rights & Responsibilities
- Implementing Australia’s Human Rights Framework
- Promoting the Rights of Indigenous Australians
- Human Rights Compliant Immigration Laws & Policies
- Promoting Equality
- Opposing Indefinite Post-Sentence Detention
- Retaining Suspended Sentencing
- Limiting Police Powers
- Abolishing Mandatory Sentencing
- Reviewing Australia’s Counter-Terrorism Laws
- Reforming Substitute Decision-Making
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Advancing government transparency, access and accountability
- Ensuring Integrity and Anti-Corruption
- Improving Privacy Protections
- Reforming Stamp Duties
- Promoting Freedom of Information
- Implementing Anti-Money Laundering Reforms
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Focusing on the future
- Moving to a United National Legal Profession
- Supporting International Market Access
- Modernising Succession Law
- Modernising Victorian Property Law
- Increasing Awareness of Climate Change Legal Issues
- Improving Disability Care & Support
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