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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.
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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.
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