The NSW government is yet to reveal what it will do with roughly 29,000 Covid-related infringements issued during 2020 and 2021 in the wake of a damning ruling last week by the NSW Supreme Court.
The Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) has urged the government to dismiss all COVID-19-related fines following the NSW Supreme Court’s clarification of what makes a fine valid.
After a declaratory judgement issued by the Supreme Court earlier this week, the government may need to accede to the pressure or face a tsunami of lawsuits by those unlawfully issued with Covid fines – whether or not those fines have been paid.