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Call for fairer public transport penalties system for secondary students

Kerry O'Shea 22 Mar 2016

The Law Institute of Victoria supports the proposal by Western Community Legal Centre to reform the public transport penalties system for secondary students.

Punishment Sentencing

LIV Refugee Law Reform Committee chair wins Young Australian Migration Lawyer of the Year

Kerry O'Shea 07 Mar 2016

The Law Institute of Victoria is delighted that LIV’s Refugee Law Reform...

Professional Reputation

LIV makes more than 100 recommendations for improved access to justice

Kerry O'Shea 02 Mar 2016

The Law Institute of Victoria has made 104 recommendations for improvements in access to justice in its submission to the Department of Justice and...

Human Rights Justice

Calls for reinstatement of child protection powers for Children's Court

Kerry O'Shea, Public Affairs Manager 29 Feb 2016

Supporting children removed from their parents’ care to return home safely...

Child Support Child Welfare Courts Family Court Guardianship

Australia’s legal community urges PM to end offshore detention

Kerry O'Shea 24 Feb 2016

Australia’s legal community has called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to end offshore immigration detention and bring all asylum seekers and...

Child Welfare Human Rights Justice

Open letter to Prime Minister to end offshore detention

Kerry O'Shea 23 Feb 2016

The Law Institute of Victoria will host a launch of a letter from members calling on the government to end offshore processing...

Advocacy Asylum Child Welfare Human Rights Justice

LIV welcomes appointment of Liana Buchanan

Kerry O'Shea 23 Feb 2016

Today’s appointment of lawyer Liana Buchanan as Commissioner for Children and Young People has been enthusiastically welcomed by...

Child Welfare Courts Leadership

LIV calls for introduction of contingency fees to increase access to justice

Kerry O'Shea 17 Feb 2016

Contingency fee arrangements should be allowed to increase access to justice by people who do not qualify for legal aid and cannot afford to pay legal fees...

Advocacy Justice

Melbourne sets dates for 20th Commonwealth Law Conference in March 2017

Kerry O'Shea 16 Feb 2016

Melbourne has secured dates for the prestigious 20th Commonwealth...

Stronger IBAC legislation welcomed by LIV

Kerry O'Shea 10 Feb 2016

The Law Institute of Victoria welcomes the Integrity and Accountability Legislation Amendment (A Stronger System) Bill 2015. The amendments included in the Bill will strengthen the Independent Broad-based...

Advocacy Criminal Procedure Duties Legislation Powers

New LIV council member

Kerry O'Shea 10 Feb 2016

Louise Akenson has been selected to fill a casual vacancy on LIV Council until December 2016.

Leadership

Baseline sentencing legislation should be repealed

Steven Sapountsis 09 Feb 2016

Victoria’s baseline sentencing legislation should be repealed and any moves towards mandatory sentencing rejected, according to the Law Institute...

Advocacy Criminal Procedure Punishment Sentencing

LIV calls on the federal government to let them stay

Kerry O'Shea 05 Feb 2016

The Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) calls on the Federal Government to abide by its international obligations not to remove asylum seekers affected by a High...

Advocacy Asylum Child Welfare Human Rights Justice