difficulties

• young people

  • under 18 cannot be on jury
  • financial barriers
  • need guardian to be supported
  • impact on time off education/work
• culturally diverse people

  1. low english levels

  • jury
  • self represent
  • get info about lawyers

  2. financial barriers

  3. dont know about VCAT/CAV

  4. distrust of legal system

  • historical discrimination
• people with disabilities

  • deaf people cant sit on jury
  • vision impaired cant sit on jury
  • intellectual disability impart on knowledge of rights
  • inaccessible spaces - wheelchairs - physical barriers
• first nations people

  • get information about lawyers
  • historically racist systems
  • bad previous interaction
  • no Koori court for civil offences
  • no civil dispute system