The Western Australia (WA) government has banned unvaccinated lawyers and all other staff from attending courtrooms, prompting anger from some law experts who believe the directions fundamentally inhibit justice. Under the order of the WA chief health officer, from Feb. 5, all court and tribunal staff—including lawyers and jurors—will need to have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Feb. 5 is the same day the state had planned to reopen its borders before it backflipped on its decision due to the inefficacy of double-dose vaccination against the Omicron variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. The state has currently recorded 155 active cases. By Mar. 5, this will change to allow only the fully vaccinated, which includes requiring those eligible to receive a third booster dose. Augusto Zimmermann, former law reform commissioner and head of law at Sheridan Institute of Higher Education, expressed concern over the …