Courts Quotes

Maintaining a fair and accessible justice system should at all times be the overarching concern of Government

The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of his life which may be suddenly and without notice alleged against him.

Fair is irrelevant. This is the law – it has nothing to do with justice.

If pimps and thieves were invariably sentenced, all decent people would get to thinking they themselves were constantly innocent.

No terms, no conditions, no promises, no commitment, and no institution—but only another example of what happens when law and politics attempt to regulate a religious institution.

Do you imagine that a city can continue to exist and not be turned upside down, if the legal judgments which are pronounced in it have no force but are nullified and destroyed by private persons?

It is a shame that the Legal Aid Commission and the Aboriginal Legal Service are so poorly funded ....... State and federal governments should be addressing this issueThe Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 30 March 2014