LIVESTREAM COVID-19: Fairness in Virtual Courtrooms

This webinar will examine the measures and changes to court procedures put in place across Australia in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the move to online hearings and expansion of non-jury trials. It will discuss the rationale and design of these measures, their compatibility with public law norms and values, and look forward to lessons that may be learned about the broader digitisation of court process.

Speakers:

• The Hon Justice Beech-Jones, NSW Supreme Court
• Dr Anna Olijnyk, University of Adelaide
• Dr Joe McIntyre, University of South Australia
• Stephen McDonald, Hansen Chambers, South Australian Bar
• Kieran Pender, Australian National University

Chair:

• Dr Lisa Burton Crawford, University of NSW (Chair)

Presented by the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW and the Australian Institute of Administrative Law (AIAL) NSW Chapter as part of the Public Law Responses to COVID-19 series.

Register online to receive the link to the livestream