Anyone who’s practiced in the summary jurisdiction for more than five minutes will have had the pleasure of appearing before one or other of our more interventionist magistrates.Sometimes it’s just annoying, as for instance, your cross-examination is going along quite nicely thank you, gates are being closed one after the other, and the magistrate, unable …
Tag: ethics
Conflicts of interest
Victoria Legal Aid is the largest 'firm' of solicitors in the state. Though this must carry a number of advantages, one of the downsides is the almost inevitable occurrence of client conflict. So endemic has the problem become, it's become standard practice to have an alternative practitioner present or on call at sittings of the …