Politics
Attorney General drafting protocol on how the state fights legal cases
Calls for protocol increased after revelations the state had pursued an aggressive legal strategy on private nursing home charges
Work is “in train” on drafting a protocol around the state becoming a so-called ‘model litigant’, the Attorney General’s office has said.
There have been increasing calls from opposition leaders and legal academics for the state to become a model litigant by engaging in the highest levels of transparency and integrity when fighting legal cases on behalf of the state, and not adopt aggressive legal strategies that seek to contain or suppress access to the ...
