Agreed actions

The Statement identifies a range of strategic goals under the five headings of tackling crime, improving access to justice, community safety, immigration reform and innovation.

The Plan includes 240 specific actions for 2021, including:

• centralisation and automation of court offices and processes through the publication of the Court and Civil Law Miscellaneous Provision Bill
• the coming into operation of the new Legal Practitioners’ Disciplinary Tribunal
• the introduction of new legal partnerships enabling barristers and solicitors to jointly provide legal services
• progression of the Family Court Bill, and
• establishment of a Judicial Appointments Commission.

Both documents are available on the Department of Justice website.

Policy and law reform engagement

The Law Society actively engages with Government to highlight issues affecting practitioners and the public at large, making varied submissions as part of the law reform process. For more information on this work, see Policy and Law Reform.