Lawyers rise to challenge of court shutdowns, but backlog will have long-term ripple effect
Business of Law 2020-03-19 2:49 pm By Christine Caulfield | Melbourne
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The move by Australia’s highest courts to vacate in-person hearings in the face of the coronavirus pandemic is likely to have only a minor impact on cases in the short term, lawyers say, but the delays to trials and other major hearings will have a flow-on effect that could be felt for years to come.

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