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Legal Academics, experts, and advocates issue an open letter urging the NSW Government to implement...
Legal Academics, legal experts, and social justice advocates representing community legal centres, legal services and organisations, law faculties, and advocacy groups have collectively signed an open...
NSW Government funding commitment for Redfern Legal Centre’s Financial Abuse Service
The NSW Government has committed to funding Redfern Legal Centre’s Financial Abuse Service to continue and expand the service as a best practice, holistic model,...
Redfern Legal Centre pursues a public interest outcome in COVID fines case
Redfern Legal Centre is continuing to pursue a public interest outcome in its second COVID fines case. The court will hear the matter on November...
COVID Fine Case Seeks Declaration that Fine was Invalid
Today, the second COVID Fine case brought by Redfern Legal Centre was back in the Supreme Court. Revenue NSW has withdrawn the plaintiff’s COVID fine...
First Nations People Bear the Brunt of NSW Police Use of Force
Police in New South Wales are using force against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at a vastly disproportionate rate compared to non-Indigenous people. New...
Redfern Legal Centre files further court case seeking withdrawal of invalid COVID fines
Redfern Legal Centre has filed another NSW Supreme Court application seeking the withdrawal of a COVID fine on the grounds of invalidity. 33,000 COVID fines...
Fines and the impact of the recent NSW Supreme Court case (recording)
This video is a recording of the RLC webinar in June 2023: Fines and the impact of the recent NSW Supreme Court case.More information: Fines...
Help! My Client has Problem Debts #2: External dispute resolution (recording)
Help! My Client has Problem Debts #2: External Dispute Resolution.Online webinar: 28 June 2023This webinar was recorded. The recording is below.Resources for this webinar, and other webinars in the...
Complaint lodged against NSW Police over ‘excessive’ COVID fines
Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) have lodged a complaint against former NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller and NSW Police...
NSW Police Watch Dog Holds Public Hearing into the Use of Force
Tomorrow (25 May), the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) will examine the use of force by NSW Police, along with systemic issues related to the...