The Family Court and Federal Circuit Court will restrict the number of people inside a courtroom to eight and delay all “non-urgent” matters as they scale back operations.
The announcement on Wednesday morning followed a decision to close the central Sydney home of both courts, the Lionel Bowen Building on Goulburn Street, on Tuesday after being notified that a lawyer who attended hearings at the complex last week had tested positive to COVID-19. The building reopened on Wednesday.
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Michael Pelly is the legal editor, based in our Sydney newsroom. He has been a senior adviser to federal and state attorneys-general and written two books, one a biography of former High Court Chief Justice Murray Gleeson. Email Michael at michael.pelly@afr.com
