The figures were in the annual report of the president of the ACT Law Society, Russell Miller, in the society’s latest Gazette.
The problems covered: crime, traffic, family, tenancy and other areas. 140 ACT solicitors gave their time free over the year. The bureau, at 21-23 London Circuit, is open 12.30pm to 2pm weekdays. Appointments to 2475700.
Non-grasping lawyers 2: The society gave $615,090 in grants to the ACT Legal Aid Commission and the Welfare Rights Centre for legal aid.
Poor lawyers: Gross weekly earnings of lawyers is now $777.10 a week, below doctors at $1095, mining engineers $1059, blasting trades $969 and dentists $797.
Stung lawyers: Barristers becoming a Queen’s Counsel now have to pay a fee of $500, under new fees under the Legal Practitioners Act.
Coming up: Annual meeting of the Australian Institute of Administrative Law at University House, September 23 at 6pm. Speaker: Tom Sherman, chairman of the National Crime Authority and former chairman of the Queensland Electoral and Administrative Review Commission. Inquiries: Stephen Argument on 2773050.
Speakers wanted: The institute is after speakers and papers for its April conference on Administrative Law and Public Administration: Happily Married or Living Apart under the Same Roof? Inquiries to 2773050.
Legal eagle: A Canberra legal boffin ordered a warming Bundy and Coke at Eagle’s Nest at the top of Thredbo in a blizzard last week. Sorry, he was told, but we haven’t got any ice.