https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies Laws and Citizens en-us 2018-05-29 05:39:14 UTC 2018-05-30 04:09:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264423477 "For those who inhabit the vast middle ground between very poor and very wealthy, the legal system can remain forever inaccessible."]]> 2018-05-30 03:38:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264423477 https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264423835 "There is a means test and people facing certain issues are given priority, including matters involving the welfare of children and those where a person's liberty is at risk, in other words a strong likelihood they will go to jail,"]]> 2018-05-30 03:42:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264423835 https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264423914 "I've been given an estimate of $30-40,000 in legal costs which they will take out of whatever the court says I should receive."
This tells us that the defendant can get a decent lawyer and then pay them off with the court winnings buonly if they are certain they will win. ]]> 2018-05-30 03:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264423914 https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264423994 What is the most amount of money the government can spend on legal aid?]]> 2018-05-30 03:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264423994 https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264423995 Australians have an expectation that as a wealthy, fair and democratic country there is a legal support system to fall back on if we cannot afford the regular lawyer fees ]]> 2018-05-30 03:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264423995 https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264423997 The top prosecutor for the Legal aid system says that the Legal aid system needs reform]]> 2018-05-30 03:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264423997 https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264424102 first article
" Spokesman Hugh de Kretser says the cost of legal services is now well above what most people can afford. " 


]]> 2018-05-30 03:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264424102 https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264424142 LEGAL Aid appeals are more likely to fail than succeed, court records show.
And the state's former top prosecutor, Jeremy Rapke, believes the Legal Aid appeals system needs reform.]]> 2018-05-30 03:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264424142 https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264424259  "The Government's failure to adequately address legal assistance sector funding is unacceptable and the outcomes will have a significant impact on many Australians, including some of our most vulnerable citizens." 

]]> 2018-05-30 03:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264424259 https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264424347 "A Herald Sun analysis of court records reveals almost two-thirds of Legal Aid's criminal appeals are dismissed"]]> 2018-05-30 03:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264424347 https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264424602 Since July 2012, 29 appeals in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal in which Legal Aid represented the appellant were unsuccessful.]]> 2018-05-30 03:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264424602 https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264424619 can the govt. refuse to give legal aid? ]]> 2018-05-30 03:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264424619 https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264424672 article two 
" NOTORIOUS gangland figure Tony Mokbel tapped into legal aid - despite being one of the country's richest criminals - to fight 🤬 and other charges."

if he is one of the richest criminals he should not be asking for legal aid and using his own money to get a lwyer ]]> 2018-05-30 03:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264424672 https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264425009 This article tries to really stir anger with the way its keeps bringing up taxpayer money supporting horrible criminals
It bring up multiple cases then ends it with "LEGAL AID CASES FUNDED BY THE TAXPAYER" and all the cases are quite bad. One of a pedophile, thug, kingpuncher, etc
Eg.  A RAPIST who claimed the judge had failed to tell the jury that evidence from his mentally impaired victim could be considered unreliable. ]]> 2018-05-30 03:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264425009 https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264425181 A Herald Sun analysis of court records reveals almost two-thirds of Legal Aid's criminal appeals are dismissed.]]> 2018-05-30 03:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264425181 https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264425215 Article 2:  * LEGAL Aid fund Adrian Bayley in his application to appeal his sentence for the horrific murder 
and rape of Jill Meagher. The case is thrown out of court in minutes.]]> 2018-05-30 03:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264425215 ad011 https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264425319 2018-05-30 03:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264425319 https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264425752 Rapke was Victoria's DPP between 2007 and 2011.

whats DPP?]]> 2018-05-30 03:59:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ad011/v9bcmejenies/wish/264425752