Lake Alice redress ‘rotten to the core’, court told
A Lake Alice survivor has asked the High Court to review Cabinet’s decision on redress and formally find it breaches his international and domestic human rights.
The sexual harm helpline can be accessed free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phone, text, website, online chat and email.
Developed over several years, these new best practice guidelines are judicial-led District Court initiative (applies to Family Court and Youth Justice, not High Court). It wants courts to be adopting solution-focused, therapeutic approaches through which participants feel understood in a fair hearing and supported with wrap-around services. The guidelines are currently heavily offender centric. There is a working group in conversation with the Chief District Court judge with a view to adding (integrating)? a victim's perspective.