Activity 6c
Evaluation of providing interpreter services 1. The 2017 Access to Justice Review recommended more accessible interpreter services be available in courts, and that court staff be trained in recognising when the services of a specialised legal interpreter are necessary. 2. Interpreters are not provided for free in most civil disputes, so the 2017 recommendation should […]
Activity 6b
Evaluation of providing a judge with more inquisitorial powers 1. In 2014 the chief justice of the Victorian Supreme Court recommended that the judge’s case management powers under the Civil Procedure Act 2010 (Vic) be expanded to introduce a less adversarial procedure for civil trials and to give the judge a more inquisitorial fact-finding role. […]
Activity 6a
Evaluation of the recommendations relating to an SRS 1. The 2017 Access to Justice Review recommended that a Self-Representation Service (‘SRS’) be established in courts and VCAT to provide general legal advice to unrepresented parties and to support them through dispute resolution procedures. 2. The SRS could be based on one that was established in […]