RLC in the media

Slater and Gordon and Redfern Legal Centre have filed proceedings in the Supreme Court of NSW against the state on behalf of people who were allegedly “invasively and unlawfully searched” by police at music festivals in recent years.

A statement of claim filed in the NSW Supreme Court is seeking damages and to ensure "this traumatising police practice becomes the exception, not the rule".

With rapidly changing legislation during NSW’s 2021 Covid lockdown, business owners like Sonny Barkho became another digit within the 25,000 people who received COVID-related tickets during the month of August.

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Thousands of Covid-19 fines worth millions of dollars could be ruled invalid if two Sydneysiders win a landmark test case in the New South Wales Supreme Court.

The validity of over $56 million worth of COVID-19-related fines issued by the NSW Police is being challenged in the NSW Supreme Court.

Events such as the 2022 floods, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the 2019-20 bushfire season have fueled unprecedented demand for the free legal assistance sector in NSW. But with funding uncertainty preventing the ability for long-term planning, the sector is fighting an uphill battle.

I received a fine last year for sitting alone in Redfern Park preparing to teach a law lecture. COVID restrictions were in place and the police thought I had to be actively exercising to be there. They were wrong.

The validity of COVID-19 fines issued across NSW will be called into question in a court case that has the potential to invalidate millions of dollars worth of penalty notices issued during the state’s lockdowns.