NSW courts put all remaining Covid infringement cases on hold after ruling on legality of fines
by Christopher Knaus from World news | The Guardian on (#6AX7Y)
Exclusive: Urgent legal advice being sought by courts to clarify how decision could affect pending and finalised cases
A damning ruling about the legality of Covid fines has prompted New South Wales police to quietly withdraw some infringements from court and forced the judiciary to put all remaining Covid breach cases on hold, pending urgent legal advice.
Earlier this month, the status of tens of thousands of fines issued during Covid restrictions was cast into doubt by a NSW supreme court ruling, which found infringements that failed to properly spell out an alleged offence were invalid.
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