Queensland Law Society
Queensland Law Society represents over 13,000 solicitors across the state and is the peak professional membership body for solicitors. We advocate for good law, good lawyers and the public good. On behalf of the Queensland legal profession, Queensland Law Society is calling on Queensland’s political parties in 2020 to consider and respond to the following priority issues identified by our members!
One can imagine how far the idea of an independent ‘Judicial Commission’ prevailed in Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’sOffice ‘Nothing to see here’.
Published in 2020 see page 13.
‘Preservation of a strong and independent judiciary is essential to maintaining public confidence in the administration of justice and the promotion of the separation of powers. A judicial commission will enhance openness, transparency and independence of the judicial system. QLS calls for a commitment to the establishment of a judicial commission’.