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“Justice Fullerton said a "controversial question" she had been tasked with answering was whether Victoria's then-director of public prosecutions, John Champion [currently a VSC reserve judge], ought to have known that Gobbo had played a role in the prosecution case against Mokbel.
She found Mr Champion was told about Ms Gobbo's previous informer status in 2012, during a meeting with senior Victoria Police members, but failed to disclose this to her clients, including Mokbel.
"I was satisfied the director had sufficient information, as at September 2012, to activate his independent duty of disclosure and that he failed to do so in breach of that duty," Justice Fullerton told the court.”
Alleged ‘sex pest’ barrister unmasked after landmark ruling [The Advertiser paywall]
The identity of a high-profile Adelaide lawyer accused of sexual misconduct against a junior female colleague can finally be revealed.
Two protesters have been granted bail after paddling into the path of a Newcastle shipping channel banned to protesters. Another 150 people are also facing criminal charges.
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Baker McKenzie abandons merger plan after second defeat [AFR paywall]
The vote failed by a greater margin than the initial ballot and upends management’s strategy for the local division of the global firm.
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