Defendants are facing long and stressful waits for jury trials due to a huge court backlog caused by Covid-19.
The Chief Justice was forced to suspend jury trials in March as the country braced itself for the nationwide lockdown.
Jury trials restart at the end of the month but lawyers say they're now dealing with a huge log jam in the court calendar.
Defence Lawyers Association co-chair Elizabeth Hall told Anneke Smith defendants are now waiting months - even years - to see their case to the end.
