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Oct 2024

Title:

Management of Digital Evidence in Criminal Cases

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District Court of Western Australia

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Courts Committee

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Date:

Oct 2024

Title:

Input to Audit of Design and Implementation of the "Measuring What Matters" Framework

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Law Council of Australia

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Access to Justice Committee

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Date:

Oct 2024

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Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2024

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Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee

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Date:

Oct 2024

Title:

Submission to Law Council of Australia on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2024

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Law Council of Australia

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Aug 2024

Title:

Pressing Matters for Reform in Western Australian Succession and Elder Law

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Attorney General of Western Australia

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Elder Law and Succession Committee

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Date:

Aug 2024

Title:

Elimination of Ligature Points in Prisons in Western Australia

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Minister for Corrective Services

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Indigenous Legal Issues Committee

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Date:

Jun 2024

Title:

Australian Mediator and Dispute Resolution System Standards

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Law Council of Australia

Submitted by:

Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee

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Date:

Jun 2024

Title:

Implementation Consultation Paper 22: Draft Costs Determination Proposed by Costs Committee

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Workcover WA

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Personal Injuries and Workers' Compensation Committee

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Date:

Jun 2024

Title:

Review of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 (Project 114)

Submitted to:

Law Reform Commission of Western Australia

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Elder Law and Succession Committee

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Date:

May 2024

Title:

Elimination of Ligation Points in Prisons in Western Australia

Submitted to:

Minister for Corrective Services

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Indigenous Legal Issues Committee

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Date:

May 2024

Title:

Financial Services Regulatory Framework - Submission to Parliamentary Joint Committee of Corporations and Financial Services

Submitted to:

Law Council of Australia

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Elder Law and Succession Committee

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Date:

May 2024

Title:

Reforming Australia's Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Regime - Second Phase Consultation

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Law Council of Australia

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Date:

May 2024

Title:

Costs Disclosure Thresholds Review - Updated Standard Costs Disclosure Forms and Information Sheets

Submitted to:

Legal Services Council

Submitted by:

Costs Committee

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Date:

Mar 2024

Title:

Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2022 - Contentious Business Determinations Review

Submitted to:

Legal Costs Committee

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Costs Committee

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Date:

Mar 2024

Title:

Insurance Legislation Amendment (Motor Vehicle Claims Harvesting) Bill 2023

Submitted to:

Minister for Transport

Submitted by:

Ethics Committee, Personal Injuries and Workers' Compensation Committee

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Date:

Mar 2024

Title:

Council of Australian Law Deans Project - Australian Legal Education 2030 and Beyond

Submitted to:

Law Council of Australia

Submitted by:

Education Committee

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Date:

Mar 2024

Title:

Proposed Amendment of the Legal Profession Uniform Continuing Development Rules (Barristers) 2015

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Law Council of Australia

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Education Committee

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Date:

Jun 2023

Title:

Law Society Response to LCA Memorandum of Guidance Materials for the Legal Profession on Addressing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Submitted to:

Law Council of Australia

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Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Committee; Young Lawyers Committee

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Date:

Jun 2023

Title:

Statutory Review of Intestacy Legacy Amounts

Submitted to:

Department of Justice

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Elder Law and Succession Committee

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Date:

Jun 2023

Title:

Review of Costs Disclosure Thresholds in Uniform Law

Submitted to:

Legal Services Council

Submitted by:

Elder Law and Succession Committee

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Date:

Jun 2023

Title:

Youth Justice and Child Wellbeing Reform Across Australia

Submitted to:

Law Council of Australia

Submitted by:

Criminal Law Committee

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Date:

Apr 2023

Title:

New Practice Direction – Children’s Court Criminal Proceedings

Submitted to:

The Children’s Court of Western Australia

Submitted by:

Courts Committee

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Date:

Mar 2023

Title:

Inquiry into the Operation of the National Redress Scheme

Submitted to:

Law Council of Australia

Submitted by:

Ethics Committee

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Date:

Mar 2023

Title:

The Rule of Law Managing Children and Young People in Detention Centres at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 Casuarina

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Opinion Piece

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Date:

Mar 2023

Title:

Review Non Contentious Business Determinations

Submitted to:

Legal Costs Committee

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Costs Committee

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Date:

Feb 2023

Title:

Submission to WA Police Force Statutory Review of the Mandatory Testing (Infectious Diseases) Act 2014

Submitted to:

West Australia Police Force

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Criminal Law Committee

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Date:

Feb 2023

Title:

Scoping the Establishment of a Federal Judicial Commission

Submitted to:

Law Council of Australia

Submitted by:

Courts Committee

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Date:

Dec 2022

Title:

Letter to Law Council of Australia Review Best Practice Guide for Legal Practitioners in relation to Elder Financial Abuse

Submitted to:

Law Council of Australia

Submitted by:

Elder Law Committee

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Date:

Dec 2022

Title:

Letter to WorkCover WA re Workers Compensation and Injury Management Bill 2022

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WorkCover WA

Submitted by:

Personal Injuries and Workers Compensation Committee

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Date:

Nov 2022

Title:

Letter to Law Council of Australia Proposed Reformulation ASCR Rule 38

Submitted to:

Law Council of Australia

Submitted by:

Executive

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Date:

Oct 2022

Title:

Draft National Coercive Control

Submitted to:

Law Council of Australia

Submitted by:

Criminal Law Committee & Access to Justice Committee

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Date:

Oct 2022

Title:

Modern Slavery Review

Submitted to:

Law Council of Australia

Submitted by:

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Committee

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Date:

Sep 2022

Title:

Litigation Funding Schemes

Submitted to:

Law Council of Australia

Submitted by:

Courts Committee

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Date:

Sep 2022

Title:

Model Defamation Provisions – Stage 2 part A

Submitted to:

Law Council of Australia

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Criminal Law Committee

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Date:

Sep 2022

Title:

Cost Assessment Extension of Time Applications

Submitted to:

Attorney General of Western Australia

Submitted by:

Costs Committee

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Date:

Sep 2022

Title:

Consultation Paper on Conditional Costs Agreements

Submitted to:

Legal Services Council

Submitted by:

Costs Committee

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Date:

Sep 2022

Title:

Consultation to Develop the Practices Concerning Sexual Harassment Reporting

Submitted to:

Legal Practice Board of Western Australia

Submitted by:

Young Lawyers, Joint Law Society/Women Lawyers Committee, Ethics Committee

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Date:

Sep 2022

Title:

Derivative Actions in Deceased Estate Matters

Submitted to:

Department of Justice

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Elder Law Committee, Costs Committee

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Date:

Sep 2022

Title:

Feedback on COVID-19 Initiatives Implemented by the District Court and Psychological Reports

Submitted to:

District Court of Western Australia

Submitted by:

Courts Committee,Criminal Law Committee

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Date:

Sep 2022

Title:

Mandatory Registration on the Sex Offenders Register

Submitted to:

Attorney General of Western Australia

Submitted by:

Criminal Law Committee

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Date:

Sep 2022

Title:

Commercial Tenancy Law Review Consultation Paper

Submitted to:

Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety

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Property Law Committee

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Date:

Aug 2022

Title:

Australia’s Humanitarian Program 2022-2023 Comments

Submitted to:

Law Council of Australia

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Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Committee

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Date:

Aug 2022

Title:

Joint Costs Advisory Committee Inquiry 2022 Comments

Submitted to:

Law Council of Australia

Submitted by:

Costs Committee

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Date:

Aug 2022

Title:

Establishment of a Federal Parole Authority: Consultation on Preferred Model

Submitted to:

Law Council of Australia

Submitted by:

Criminal Law Committee

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Date:

Jun 2022

Title:

Reply to Invitation to Participate in Consultation to Legislative Responses to Coercive Control in Western Australia

Submitted to:

Director General, Department of Justice

Submitted by:

Criminal Law Committee

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Date:

Jun 2022

Title:

Letter to Deaths in Custody Watch Committee WA

Submitted to:

Deaths in Custody Watch Committee WA

Submitted by:

Criminal Law Committee

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Date:

Jun 2022

Title:

Letter to Law Reform Commission of WA Review of Sexual Offences and the Law relating to Consent Project 113

Submitted to:

Law Reform Commission of Western Australia

Submitted by:

Criminal Law Committee

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Date:

May 2022

Title:

Letter to Joint Standing Committee on Corruption and Crime Commission Serious Misconduct

Submitted to:

Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission

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Criminal Law Committee

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Date:

Mar 2022

Title:

Letter to Legal Costs Committee re Review of the Contentious Business Determinations

Submitted to:

Chair, Legal Costs Committee

Submitted by:

Costs Committee

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Date:

Mar 2022

Title:

Submission to Department of Mines Industry Regulation and Safety – Statutory Review of Associations Incorporation Act 2015

Submitted to:

Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety

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Date:

Mar 2022

Title:

Letter to Minister Corrective Services re Air Conditioning in Prison Facilities

Submitted to:

Minister for Corrective Services

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Indigenous Legal Issues Committee

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Date:

Mar 2022

Title:

Letter and Submission to Legal Costs Committee Review Contentious Business Determinations

Submitted to:

Chair, Legal Costs Committee

Submitted by:

Costs Committee

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Date:

Mar 2022

Title:

Letter and Submission to Mental Health Commission re Mental Health Act Review

Submitted to:

The Commissioner, Mental Health Commission

Submitted by:

Mental Health Act Working Group

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Date:

Mar 2022

Title:

Courts Legislation Amendment (Magistrates) Bill 2021 – Response

Submitted to:

Attorney General of Western Australia

Submitted by:

Executive

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Date:

Feb 2022

Title:

Letter to Victorian Department of Justice re Mandatory Reporting

Submitted to:

Department of Justice and Community Safety (Victoria)

Submitted by:

Ethics Committee

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