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Concern judge may remain in post for months even if convicted [The Australian paywall]
Should a judge, if convicted of serious family violence offences, remain on the bench pending an appeal? Tasmanian MPs may try to remove Justice Gregory Geason should he be found guilty but not resign.
No justice, no trust: victim’s grief [The Australian paywall]
Lauren James’s dropped rape case is one of up to 400 caught in a wide-ranging internal audit ordered by NSW DPP Sally Dowling, after judges criticised her office for running rape trials that did not have enough evidence to secure a conviction.
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The High Court’s youngest judge is its new contrarian [AFR paywall]
James Edelman was once mistaken for a drinks waiter by a fellow judge at a cocktail party, now he’s arguably the High Court’s most interesting justice.
The defence thought it would win and chose not to push for a new trial. To now say it was a miscarriage of justice is a little like getting a free kick, playing on, hitting the post and then asking for another shot.
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