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Party-party Taxations – when a winning party might actually be the loser

LIV Costs Law Executive Committee 19 Sep 2019

The impact of Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2015 63.85 can be a serious impediment to a winning party maximising costs recovery when taxing costs...

Access to Justice Civil Procedure Courts Litigation

Interview: Opposition firm on matters of justice

Carolyn Ford 01 Sep 2019

The state shadow Attorney-General Edward O’Donohue has called for action to tackle court backlogs and to make the system work smarter...

Access to Justice Interviews Legal Biography Young Persons

Social justice: Towards a fairer playing field

Jacqueline Van Dort 01 Aug 2019

Alternative dispute resolution allows for greater access to justice in the community...

Access to Justice Dispute Resolution

LIV opposes bill to repeal 'medevac' legislation

Administrative Law and Human Rights Section 30 Jul 2019

The LIV has strongly opposed the passage of a bill which seeks to repeal vital medical transfer provisions that allow asylum seekers and refugees in offshore detention access to specialised medical treatment in Australia...

Access to Justice Asylum Health Human Rights Migration Law

LIV calls for mental health reform

Criminal Law Section 09 Jul 2019

The LIV has made 50 recommendations in its formal submission to the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System...

Access to Justice Disabled Persons Dispute Resolution

When three’s a crowd

Charles Noonan 01 Jul 2019

The Full Court of the Federal Court has considered whether a trial judge engaged in an appropriate exercise of discretion when faced with competing class actions...

Access to Justice Courts Practice & Procedure

Investing in access to justice

Fiona McLeay 01 Jul 2019

Through strategic investment, the Victorian LSB and Commissioner’s Grants Program is enabling greater access to justice for vulnerable communities...

Access to Justice

Prison a revolving door of trauma for women

Karin Derkley 14 Jun 2019

Women and girls are returning to prison over and over again because of “interjurisdictional neglect”, prisoners' advocate Debbie Kilroy told the LIV's Women in Leadership lunch...

Access to Justice Women's Rights

Time to go online

Katarina Palmgren 01 Jun 2019

The introduction of an online court in Victoria for low value civil disputes would present an unprecedented opportunity to truly modernise the civil justice system, increase access to justice and reduce the strain on the Victorian courts...

Access to Justice Courts Dispute Resolution Innovation Technology

Law Institute of Victoria responds to justice sector investment

LIV Media 28 May 2019

The Law Institute of Victoria welcomes the state government’s commitment to tackling the causes of crime in Victoria...

Access to Justice Child Welfare Courts

Law Week shows how legal profession can serve community

Karin Derkley 09 May 2019

Law Week is as much an opportunity for the legal profession to learn how to better serve the community as it is about educating the community about the legal system...

Access to Justice

Law Institute of Victoria calls for increased State Budget justice investment

LIV Media 08 May 2019

The Law Institute of Victoria has called on the State Government to invest in 10 key justice areas in this month’s State Budget...

Access to Justice Advocacy Courts

‘Paltry’ legal aid funding fails to keep pace with demand

Karin Derkley 04 Apr 2019

The federal government’s "underwhelming" funding package for legal assistance will place more pressure on the Victorian state government to cover ballooning demand for legal aid, says LIV president Stuart Webb...

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R is for refugee, R is for resilience

Lauri Stewart 01 Apr 2019

I have been an immigration, refugee and human rights lawyer for more than 10 years, both in private and non-profit practice. In addition to the challenges faced by all lawyers – ungrateful and demanding clients and bureaucratic red tape...

Access to Justice Asylum Civil Rights Diversity

The law is everyone’s business

Arthur Moses SC 01 Mar 2019

In this election year the LCA will speak up for society’s marginalised and disadvantaged, who all too often fall through the cracks...

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