02 Aug 2018 APPOINTMENT OF MAGISTRATES SHOULD NOT BE PART OF POLITICAL CROSSFIRE The President of the Judicial Conference of Australia, Justice Robert Beech-Jones, has expressed concern that doubts…
09 Jul 2018 DISRESPECTFUL CONDUCT LEGISLATION OPPOSED BY JUDGES’ ASSOCIATION On 5 July Adelaide Now reported that the South Australian Attorney General wants to introduce legislation creating a…
05 Jul 2018 CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED BEFORE COMMENTING ON ONGOING COURT PROCEEDINGS The Vice President of the Judicial Conference of Australia, Justice Judith Kelly, has expressed concern about comments…
04 Jun 2018 JUDGES SHOULD NOT BE IN THE CROSSFIRE OF DEBATE OVER COURT RESTRUCTURE The President of the JCA, Justice Robert Beech-Jones, has expressed concern that the current debate about the proposed…
09 Feb 2018 VICTORIAN MAGISTRATE MISREPORTED AND UNFAIRLY CRITICISED The President of the Judicial Conference of Australia, Justice Robert Beech-Jones, has expressed concern over the…
11 Jan 2018 JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES SHOULD NOT BE COLLATERAL DAMAGE IN POLITICAL DISPUTE The President of the JCA, Justice Robert Beech-Jones, has expressed concern over the repeated personal attacks on…
15 Nov 2017 ATTACK ON SOUTHPORT MAGISTRATE IS UNFAIR AND LUDICROUS A Queensland magistrate has been blamed for the current crimes of a violent offender because five years ago she…
21 Jul 2017 POLAND’S JUDGES UNDER SERIOUS THREAT TO THEIR INDEPENDENCE Australia’s association of judges and magistrates, the Judicial Conference of Australia (JCA), has today expressed…
20 Jun 2017 INACCURATE REPORTING OF JCA STATEMENT Yesterday the Judicial Conference of Australia, the professional association of judges and magistrates, released a…
19 Jun 2017 INACCURATE REPORTING OF JUSTICE LOGAN’S DECISION CONCERNING MR JAGDEEP SINGH The Judicial Conference of Australia, is concerned that the report in today’s Herald Sun of the decision of Justice…