Throughout the year we will continue to explore what the profession and individual members can do to improve our system of justice and the courts. As many of us doing court work are aware, litigation is risky business and not to be undertaken lightly. First there are the complexities of the law and conflicting facts to understand. Then there are the forms. Seemingly hundreds of them and expanding daily.
Frustration runs high with solicitors.
Most of us have stumbled at some point in filing forms and meeting lodgement deadlines. Each court requires different forms, different dates and different processes. When solicitors wonder at how complicated the system has become, it is easy to understand why clients find the experience an even greater mystery. Courts need resources to expand their information technology infrastructure and electronic services. This year we will continue efforts in the areas of motor accidents reform, workers compensation, the re-regulation of mortgage practices, and professional indemnity insurance.