Submission to the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission – June 2026
Mental health and policing interactions in NSW
Tag: Disability
Easy Read: Evaluation of the NDIS Appeals Program Legal Services
Uses pictures and words to show how the NDIS Appeals Program helps people with disability to get legal support that they need.
Research Summary: ‘I would have given up without it’: An evaluation of the NDIS Appeals Program Legal Services
Highlights findings from our evaluation of the NDIS Appeals Program Legal Services, and key lessons for improving access to justice for people with disability making an appeal to the Administrative...
‘I would have given up without it’: An evaluation of the NDIS Appeals Program Legal Services
An Evaluation of the NDIS Appeals Program Legal Services examines the program’s role in supporting access to justice for people with disability navigating the Administrative Review Tribunal.
Law and disorders: illness/disability and the experience of everyday problems involving the law, Justice Issues 17.
This paper draws on the LAW Survey data to examine the relationship between legal problem experience and different types of mental and physical illness/disability. The findings confirm the existence of...
Law and disorders: illness/disability and the response to everyday problems involving the law, Updating Justice 30.
The Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey has demonstrated a strong relationship between the prevalence of legal problems and long-term illness/disability, with elevated levels for all types of illness/disability and particularly for...
Law and disorders: illness/disability and the experience of everyday problems involving the law, Updating Justice 22. [Working paper]
New findings from the LAW Survey confirm a strong relationship between the experience of a broad range of everyday problems involving the law and long-term illness/disability. This relationship was generally...
Legal needs of people with a disability in Australia
Like a number of past surveys, the Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey found that people with a disability are particularly vulnerable to legal problems and are likely to struggle with the...
The NSW Mental Health Review Tribunal: An analysis of clients, matters and determinations 1
In recent years, there has been much interest in Mental Health Tribunals (MHTs), their legislated role, functions and day-to-day operations. Much of the interest has centred on accumulating an evidence...
The legal needs of people with different types of chronic illness or disability, Justice issues paper 11
Consistent with overseas research, Justice made to measure: NSW Legal Needs Survey in disadvantaged areas reported that people with a chronic illness or disability are particularly vulnerable to experiencing legal...
Cognitive impairment, legal need and access to justice, Justice issues paper 10
Cognitive impairment has consistently been raised in the Law and Justice Foundation's Access to Justice and Legal Needs (A2JLN) research as affecting and compounding legal need and hindering its resolution....
On the edge of justice: the legal needs of people with a mental illness in NSW
This study examines the legal and access to justice issues experienced by people with a mental illness. The methodology comprised a literature review, focus group discussions with key stakeholders, in-depth...