Time for calm in sentencing debate

04/02/2014

Law reform and public affairs

The president of the New South Wales Bar Association, Phillip Boulten SC, today expressed his support for comments made by the chief justice in his opening of Law Term address last night. In his address the Hon Tom Bathurst proposed educational initiatives to help politicians, the media and the public generally better understand the sentencing process and the role of the judiciary. Read the president's media release [here].