MAY 17 2018 – 10:14AM Legal precinct to be explored Community Peter Doyle outside Campbelltown Council’s building. Picture: Simon Bennett The general manager and mayor of Campbelltown Council will explore the possibility of establishing new court facilities in the CBD. The council decided in its meeting last week to liaise Continue Reading
Calls to bring court system closer to the people on Tuesday, 23 April, 2019 in News • A big new legal precinct in Campbelltown would bring the justice system closer to local residents and be an economic boost for the area as well. Family law matters could be dealt with Continue Reading
APRIL 23 2019 – 3:17PM Campbelltown mayor George Brticevic believes there is a huge need for a multi-jurisdictional justice precinct to ease the court backlog in south-west Sydney – and Campbelltown is the place it should be built. The mayor and Campbelltown Council are backing a massive, multi-organisational push for Continue Reading
Macarthur Law Society has ramped up its campaign for a multi-jurisdictional legal precinct in the region with the launch of an online petition. The society has banded with a host of other organisations – including councils, police, business chambers, the NSW Bar Association and other law societies – to lobby Continue Reading
Justice Precinct Needed in South West Sydney A multi-purpose justice precinct is needed to meet demand in South West Sydney, says the Western Sydney Business Chamber. Backing the call from the Law Society of NSW to establish a justice precinct in the region, David Borger, Executive Director of the Western Continue Reading
Justice Precinct Needed in South West Sydney A multi-purpose justice precinct is needed to meet demand in South West Sydney, says the Western Sydney Business Chamber. Backing the call from the Law Society of NSW to establish a justice precinct in the region, David Borger, Executive Director of the Continue Reading
Law Society of NSW calls for multipurpose justice precinct in the southwest Cindy Ngo, Liverpool Leader March 26, 2019 2:59pm Councils and business organisations in Sydney’s southwest have backed calls for a multipurpose justice precinct as local courts struggle under the weight of increased demand. The NSW Law Society Continue Reading
Media Release Western Sydney Business Chamber Thursday, 21 March 2019 Justice Precinct Needed in South West Sydney A multi-purpose justice precinct is needed to meet demand in South West Sydney, says the Western Sydney Business Chamber. Backing the call from the Law Society of NSW to establish a justice precinct Continue Reading
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Calls for Speedier Outcomes to Criminal Cases Sydney Criminal Lawyers Australia March 14 2019 A Sydney mother is calling for reform after spending four years seeking justice for her daughter, who was repeatedly sexually abused by her stepfather. The ‘hell’ of getting justice The nightmare Continue Reading
Liverpool Council supports justice precinct for South West Sydney Liverpool Mayor Wendy Waller has added her voice to calls by The Law Society of NSW for a justice precinct in South West Sydney. Liverpool Mayor Wendy Waller said a one-stop-shop for justice in South West Sydney would be of enormous Continue Reading
Rad Hadley live reads, which ran on 2GB from 15 March 2019 to 30 March 2019. The first link is the live read. The second link is the entire RGB morning show which ran on 15 March 2019. To listen to Ray’s show, go to https://www.2gb.com/show/ray-hadley-morning-show/
Courthouses in Macarthur are so outdated that domestic violence victims are being forced to wait for their hearings in the same place as their abusers. Members of the Macarthur Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service have backed a campaign calling for the construction of a multi-jurisdictional justice precinct to serve Continue Reading
The wife of a man who drugged her before sexually assaulting her daughter has spoken about the moment she discovered her husband was a “monster”. Timothy James Stewart was jailed for more than 30 years in November 2017 after he was found guilty of preying on one young girl relentlessly Continue Reading
Mum’s horror discovery of ‘tired’ daughter by Rebekah Scanlan 11th Mar 2019 11:39 AM A MUM who baffled doctors with her and her 12-year-old daughter’s unexplainable tiredness has revealed her horror at discovering the sinister reason why they were both so lethargic – her partner was drugging them both so Continue Reading
View all comments January 13, 2014, started as a typical day for me. By the end of it, I’d realised my husband was a monster. Then began a horrifying nightmare that engulfed me, my two daughters and my whole family. It was the soul-destroying actions of a vile predator that led to our Continue Reading
NSW and Federal Governments need to ensure that court resources in the area around the second Sydney airport are updated urgently to meet the needs of Australia’s fastest growing region. NSW Law Society President, Elizabeth Espinosa says current court facilities in Sydney’s south west are out-dated, under-resourced, unsafe and failing Continue Reading
Anyone unfortunate enough to be acquainted with court processes in the Macarthur district will know that accessing justice takes, for the most part, a long, long time. If listed matters or active cases are adjourned for any reason, it’s likely the new court date, even for relatively minor traffic offences Continue Reading
An alliance of local councils, law societies, emergency service representatives and other community organisations have demanded the major political parties commit to the provision of a multi-jurisdictional justice precinct in Macarthur or Liverpool ahead of the March 23 election. All these groups believe it is vital that a legal precinct Continue Reading
The Law Society of NSW and the Macarthur Law Society are jointly calling for a new multi-jurisdiction justice precinct to address an urgent need for court resources in the Macarthur region. https://www.lawsociety.com.au/advocacy-and-resources/news-and-media/crime-and-courts-overflowing-in-Macarthur
The Law Society of NSW and Macarthur Law Society have jointly called for a new multijurisdiction court to address the urgent need for extra resources in the Macarthur region. The calls follow a recent public forum — Access to Justice, held in Campbelltown — at which residents, practitioners and community Continue Reading
Time for expansion: Prominent Macarthur lawyer Brett McGrath has been vocal in his call for a justice precinct to cater for the region. Picture: Simon Bennett The likelihood of the Macarthur region becoming home to a multi-jurisdictional justice precinct has just received a boost with NSW Attorney General Mark Speakman Continue Reading
Sites are being scoped out by the NSW government for a multi-jurisdictional justice precinct in Sydney’s southwest to cope with the state’s buckling court system and the needs of one of the fastest-growing populations in Australia. The Herald understands the future site, potentially in developing areas such as Leppington, Oran Park Continue Reading
Police union backs call for Macarthur court precinct THE Police Association of NSW has backed calls for the establishment of a justice precinct in the Macarthur region. The Law Society of NSW and Macarthur Law Society have called for urgent investment in the region’s law system amid a growing population. Continue Reading
Domestic violence victims face long wait for justice in overcrowded Sydney courts By Antonette Collins Updated 16 Jun 2018, 8:27am PHOTO: Domestic violence victims are struggling to cope with long court delays. (ABC News: Taryn Southcombe) So far today police in Australia would have dealt with on average323domestic violence matters Learn more about these numbers.Share Continue Reading
The courts in Macarthur are full to overflowing and unless something is done it will get much worse as the population grows in the next 20 years, has warned the president of the NSW Law Society Doug Humphreys. “The justice facilities in Macarthur are overloaded and this is causing unmanageable Continue Reading
