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The Latest Breaking News from ACT Bar Association

Unpaid work props up Legal Aid as chronic underfunding threatens 'collapse'

Lawyers warn chronic underfunding could cause 'collapse'.

The Canberra Times · May 30

Bruce Lehrmann prosecutor Shane Drumgold and the case that rocked his career

The former DPP seems to be out of the legal woods after several cases involving police, a federal minister, the Sofronoff inquiry and ACT’s bar association

The Guardian - AU · Oct 18, 2024

ACT Bar Association dismiss misconduct accusations against Lehrmann trial prosecutor Shane Drumgold

Drumgold says he has ‘always maintained that [his] conduct has been proper and appropriate’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 15, 2024

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'Heavy lifting' for justice system to do as 'deadly woman' sworn in

'It must stop,' the ACT's first Indigenous judge says of her people's suffering.

The Canberra Times · Aug 25, 2023

ACT government provides $4.3m for inquiry into handling of Bruce Lehrmann case

The inquiry to be headed by Walter Sofronoff will hold as many hearings in public as possible

The Guardian - AU · Feb 10, 2023

Canberra barristers blame ACT's falling criminal conviction rate on 'cowboy' police who rely on illegal evidence

The ACT Bar Association says "dodgy" officers who fail to collect evidence lawfully are partly responsible for failed prosecutions.

ABC News · Jun 7, 2022

More offenders likely to be jailed with therapeutic court list full

Offenders who may be eligible for a therapeutic program, on hiatus, are now facing potential jail as the territory's prisoner costs remain the nation's highest.

The Canberra Times · May 14, 2022

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