New Issues Paper No 22 Released - Court Intermediaries

The Tasmania Law Reform Institute (TLRI) has released its latest Issues Paper - Facilitating Access to Justice: An Intermediary/Communication Assistant Scheme for Tasmania?. The Paper investigates a new way to ensure equal access to justice for all Tasmanians. An Easy Read version of the Paper is also available.

The TLRI Paper seeks community responses to the use of intermediaries, or communication assistants, to improve access to justice for people with complex communication needs. The closing date for submissions is 15 July 2016. You may respond by filling in the Submission Template, the Easy Read Submission Template or by providing your own written submission. 

To ensure that as many Tasmanians as possible have the opportunity to provide feedback on this Issues Paper and to inform the drafting of a Disability Justice Plan for Tasmania, the TLRI and Equal Opportunity Tasmania will be hosting a series of Community Consultations on measures to Improve Access to Justice around Tasmania in June 2016.