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SA Law Society backs warnings on state’s court funding
The Law Society of South Australia has supported comments from the chief justice of the state’s Supreme Court about the need for greater court resources.
Jerome Doraisamy
Source: lawsocietysa.asn.au
In a statement, the SA Law Society agreed with comments attributed recently to Chief Justice Chris Kourakis in state-based media, in which he warned of the impact of further budget cuts and argued for more resources in the Youth Court.
She said she was pleased to read the Chief Justice’s comments that no funding to regional court services should be cut. The concerns raised by the Chief Justice, she continued, are consistent with those made to the society at “meetings recently held with country practitioners”.
“Regional areas are already under-serviced with regards to courts and legal services. It would be deeply regrettable if these communities had to bear the brunt of any future cuts,” she mused.
“It is concerning that we are facing the possibility of more cuts, when the justice system is in dire need of greater investment,” Ms Nikolovski said.
“As the Chief Justice pointed out, any further cuts would exacerbate the chronic delays plaguing our courts system.”
The respective comments from the Chief Justice and the state’s Law Society follow the latter’s state budget submission, in which it was noted that “recent changes to child protection legislation have caused a considerable increase in youth justice matters coming before the court”.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. He has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. In June 2024, he also assumed the editorship of HR Leader. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation.
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