The Honourable Chris Kourakis, Chief Justice of South Australia announced today that he has instructed the State Courts Administrator to take immediate steps to undertake two tasks. The first is to establish an independent grievance complaints body. It is not intended to, and the body could not, replace the legislated grievance procedures in Part 7 [...]

The Legal Practitioners (Senior and Queens Counsel) Act 2020 enacted by Parliament removes the discretion of the executive government to pick and choose which of the barristers, appointed as Senior Counsel by the Supreme Court, it will appoint as Queen’s Counsel. The Act abrogates the executive’s prerogative in that regard so that any Senior Counsel [...]

The Chief Justice of South Australia, The Honourable Chris Kourakis, has convened a meeting to address the issue of bullying and sexual harassment in the legal profession. The Chief Justice, as head of the South Australian legal profession, has said that he recognises the need to demonstrate the same kind of leadership shown by The [...]