Release KPMG report on cuts to federal courts: Law Council

04/09/2014

The Law Council of Australia has called on the Australian Government to release the KPMG report into the funding of federal courts. According to an article in The Australian on 29 August 2014 the KPMG report warns that the Federal, Family and Federal Circuit courts face the prospect of having to make "significant cuts" to service and staffing levels, potentially leading to increased delays in litigation, the closure of smaller registries, and cutbacks of services to regional Australia.

President of the Law Council of Australia, Mr Michael Colbran QC, said that now a media outlet has obtained a copy of the report, and quoted from it, it is appropriate for the government to release the entire report for public comment and consultation. Learn more here.