Is judicial bullying still a problem?

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Editor’s picks

• Like being ‘slapped’ or ‘kicked’: judicial bullying is a problem in Australian courtrooms
   

  • Getting slapped and kicked: the experience of judicial bullying for lawyers providing publicly funded criminal defence
     

  • Wellbeing of the Victorian Bar report final Oct 2018

    “When asked if they had ever experienced Judicial Bullying, 55% of male barristers and 66% of female barristers reported they had”
     

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