New Chief Justice decries ‘insidious depersonalisation’ of remote legal work

Courts 2022-03-08 5:05 pm By Miklos Bolza | Sydney

The NSW Supreme Court’s new Chief Justice has used his maiden speech to lament how remote hearings and working from home has led to the “insidious depersonalisation” of the legal profession, with half-empty chambers and solicitor’s offices losing their soul and personality.