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EXCLUSIVE: A serving Magistrate who is under investigation by the Judicial Conduct Commissioner for alleged sexual harassment has been directed by the Chief Magistrate not to continue sitting in court while the inquiry takes place.
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EXCLUSIVE: South Australia’s Chief Magistrate will make a decision later today about whether a serving Magistrate will continue to sit while under investigation by the Judicial Conduct Commissioner for alleged sexual harassment.
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EXCLUSIVE | A federal prosecutor has alleged she was made to feel like a “sexual object” after being repeatedly sexually harassed by a serving South Australian Magistrate, prompting the Judicial Conduct Commissioner and the Chief Justice to launch investigations.
South Australia’s chief justice Chris Kourakis says he was aware of allegations of sexual harassment and assault in the legal profession, but hasn’t been in a position to investigate the “open secret” for two decades.
The state’s top judicial officer has fired back in an escalating row over a parliamentary inquiry that slammed the governance and workplace culture within SA’s Courts Administration Authority, as staff prepare to vote on a range of demands to expunge alleged “bullying, harassment and unfair treatment” from the workplace.
The state’s legal industry has welcomed legislation which passed State Parliament last week to enable anyone who has been, or will be, appointed a Senior Counsel by the Supreme Court to use the alternative title of Queen’s Counsel.
South Australia’s judicial leaders have met to discuss the issue of bullying and harassment in the legal profession following a call for an independent inquiry.
