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Linda Reynolds' former chief of staff Fiona Brown has brought proceedings against the Commonwealth in the Federal Court.
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Orman v Gobbo (No 2) [2025] VSC 110 (14 March 2025)
[28] I conclude for the following reasons that Orman’s claim of misfeasance in public office has no real prospect of success. I will not give Orman leave to amend his pleading to add that claim.
[29] First, there is no real prospect of establishing that the impugned conduct was done by Gobbo as a public officer. Orman relies on Gobbo’s role ‘as an Australian Legal Practitioner, a Barrister and an officer of the Court’ for her being a public officer for the purposes of the tort. Gobbo was simply engaged on a contractual basis as a barrister to represent Orman from time to time. She had not been appointed to an official position to which continuing functions and duties were assigned. She had not been vested with any governmental or executive power. Her fees were not paid out of public revenue. She was not answerable to members of the public for the performance or non-performance of her role as counsel.
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"the Summary of Prosecution Opening which, regrettably, is a misleading and inadequate summary of Mr Xydias’ expert opinions ... is just plain wrong and has led to sentencing error. Busy judges in the County Court are entitled to rely on these summaries as being accurate"
— Australian Criminal Law (@CriminalLawAus)
4:06 AM • Mar 18, 2025
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