Legislation will not reduce delays in the District Court

19/02/2018

The Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 passed through the Legislative Assembly last week. The Bill provides for indictable crimes to be heard by a magistrate unless a prosecutor or counsel for the defence chooses to take them to the District Court.

In an article in Saturday's Sydney Morning Herald, President Arthur Moses SC warned that the proposed change would "not substantially affect District Court delays, which could only be solved by giving more funding to Legal Aid and the court system itself".