ACT Bar Association president Shane Gill has called on the ACT government to properly support the DPP, the Legal Aid Office, and the courts in the interests of justice.

The barrister said stretching prosecutors and defence lawyers to the point of breaking was "a recipe for bad justice".

Mr Gill's comments follow those from ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Jon White, SC, in his annual report, highlighting resourcing pressures within his office.

Mr White said the office had not received an increase in its budgetary allocation for several years, despite a spike in workload.

The territory's top prosecutor foreshadowed increased pressures with the impending introduction of a fifth judge and the listing of hearings in the Magistrates Court at the same time as Supreme Court blitz periods.

Mr White suggested night courts, a separate traffic court staffed by paralegals, and intensive listing of matters to be heard in the Magistrates Court could improve efficiency.

"I have made many suggestions to assist the Magistrates Court in increasing its efficiency … [but] all suggestions of mine are yet to be taken up," he wrote.

But Mr Gill – who opposed the paralegal proposal when it was first raised last year – likened the night court pitch to "shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic".

"It is difficult to understand how night courts can resolve the workload issue for a prosecutor," Mr Gill said.

"Surely it would mean that the same prosecutors, magistrates, legal aid lawyers and private defence lawyers are handling the same case load spread into the evening."

ACT Law Society president Martin Hockridge said night courts would increase pressure on Legal Aid, add extra cost to running the courts, and encroach on the work-life balance of practitioners.

Mr Gill said it was the government's responsibility to properly resource the DPP, the Legal Aid Office, and the courts.

"As a community we do not regard under-resourcing of the health sector as acceptable – nor can it be acceptable when it comes to providing justice.

"The inadequacies of Legal Aid funding have long been seen, and yet they continue. Likewise, under-resourcing of the DPP by government is intolerable."

ACT Attorney-General Simon Corbell said improving efficiency in the courts remained a priority for the government.

He said co-operation between the government and the courts had already resulted in improved service delivery to the community.

"Procedural improvements, government support and legislative reforms have all contributed to this success," Mr Corbell said.

"I will work with the DPP, and others facing similar issues, to examine resourcing pressures in the context of the upcoming ACT budget process."