Stay at Home Order in NSW

 Dear all 

The following message is from the NSW Government. Please keep in mind and stay safe: 

The COVID-19 lockdown has been extended. COVID-19 is spreading fast. Stay safe, stay at home.
COVID-19 is very serious. It can cause severe illness and death in people of all ages. People with COVID-19 are now in hospital in NSW.
Stay at home unless leaving for an essential reason, then

• One member of the household ONLY should leave home to shop for food once each day

• You may leave home to seek medical care, exercise, or for essential work and education

• You can leave home to get a COVID test or get vaccinated

Do not have visitors to your house. Do not have family visitors if they do not live at your house.

Everyone in your family should get tested if anyone has COVID-19 symptoms or has come into contact with someone with COVID-19. 

Wear masks indoors. Protect yourself and others.

Existing restrictions remain in place for regional and rural NSW until midnight Friday 16 July. 

Fei Wang

12 July 2021

Current NSW and VIC Court Arrangement

The pandemic affects almost everything and the legal industry is one of them.

Attending court is certainly a people-gathering activity so it has been banned during the pandemic period.

Different courts have their different approaches to deal with the situation.

Below is the useful information:

NSW: 

The NSW law society has a list for all  updates of the court and tribunals in NSW and Federal level which also have a list of the webpages of the relevant courts and tribunals.

A law firm, named as Fourtree Lawyers located Central Coast of NSW, has its opinion here.

VIC: 

The Judicial College of Victoria has created one page to list the coronavirus and the courts which is quite comprehensive and also has link to the courts and tribunals. The page includes almost all jurisdiction in Australia.

General: 

LexisNexis has discussed this issue here.
Justice Connect has its suggestions here.


Fei Wang
2/5/2020