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Magistrates have expressed “enormous concern” about looming cuts to court programs that aim to stop drug dependent offenders or domestic violence perpetrators from reoffending, the state’s top judge has told a parliamentary committee.
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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 retired Supreme Court Judge, Court of Appeal president and deputy head of the Australian Medical Association have been appointed to the state’s first judicial conduct panel, which will investigate the conduct of a serving Magistrate accused of inappropriate behaviour towards female staff.
Attorney-General Vickie Chapman has agreed to set up South Australia’s first judicial conduct panel, which will have the powers of a Royal Commission, to investigate complaints about a serving Magistrate.
A South Australian Magistrate accused of sexual harassment is still working at the courts despite being asked by the Chief Magistrate to take leave while his alleged behaviour is investigated.
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.
South Australia’s top three judges have issued a stern reminder to court staff to report all harassment, insisting perpetrators will be “held accountable” for engaging in serious misconduct.
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