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judicial accountability

image of magifying glass to represent finding out misdemeanours and disallowing judicial immunity

Judgment call: Judicial immunity ruling prompts need for commission

A recent landmark ruling holding a judge personally liable for a man’s false imprisonment has sent ripples through the legal fraternity, prompting the question of…

His Honour Tom Bathurst AC

Who’s judging the judges?

At the annual Opening of Law Term Dinner in Sydney on 30 January, His Honour Tom Bathurst SC ruminated on the state of judicial accountability.

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