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The Magistrate subject to misconduct complaints by five women can now be named, after he was today suspended from office while South Australia’s first judicial conduct panel investigates his alleged behaviour.
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A South Australian magistrate subject to complaints by five women will face the state’s first judicial conduct panel, if the Attorney-General accepts a recommendation from the Judicial Conduct Commissioner.
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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.
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.
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.
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