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Briefing paper

Legal help as mental healthcare


This paper looks at how health justice partnership uses legal help to improve client outcomes, offering one avenue for more holistic responses to compounding issues around mental ill-health that may otherwise continue to escalate.
Guide

Best practice guide for legal practitioners in relation to elder financial abuse


This guide is intended to assist legal practitioners to identify and address potential issues regarding elder financial abuse in the preparation and execution of wills and other advance planning documents.
Report

Rebalancing the scales


This report documents the experiences of Tasmanian parents and the lawyers who represent them, and legal processes associated with the child safety system. The research examines parents' ability to access legal advice, their participation in decision-making processes and to what extent these processes implement the intent of the legislation - family preservation and reunification.
Position paper

Unmet legal need will worsen people’s health during COVID-19


There will be people in Australia for whom the indirect impacts of COVID-19 could be as dire as the virus itself. This position paper outlines recommendations on how to mitigate against this situation.
Report

Case management by the Office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions


The objective of this audit was to examine the efficiency of the Office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions' (CDPP's) case management.