The Amending Act [EAGP] passed Parliament on 18 October 2017 and the Department of Justice [“DoJ”] has advised it is expected that the EAGP reform will commence by May 2018.
The Department of Justice [“DoJ”] has referred to the EAGP reforms as “a systemic shift in the way serious criminal matters are managed in the courts”. Indeed, the reforms will significantly change the way in which a criminal lawyer should approach the client’s case and likely, in the advice to be given to that client…
