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Former Renewal SA boss John Hanlon made a claim for the State Government to repay legal costs totalling more than $250,000 just days before prosecutors confirmed he would face fresh charges in the District Court, InDaily can reveal.
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The appointment of former Supreme Court Justice Martin Hinton as the state’s top prosecutor has created fresh ructions, with a judge urged to disregard a “problematic” sentencing submission because it was based on a judgement written by the now-Director of Public Prosecutions.
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A former SA Attorney-General has cast doubt on whether the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions, Martin Hinton QC, should argue matters in the Supreme Court – over which he used to preside – insisting “the appearance of a conflict of interest is palpable”.
The state’s Director of Public Prosecutions Martin Hinton has removed himself from the high-profile prosecution of the former boss of Renewal SA, after declaring a conflict of interest.
South Australia’s former Director of Public Prosecutions, Adam Kimber SC, has been appointed to the District Court.
Incoming Director of Public Prosecutions Martin Hinton may not be able to prosecute cases in court for at least two years after assuming his high-profile role in October, unless he is given special dispensation to do so, under long-standing legal rules established to avoid perceived conflicts of interest.
Supreme Court Justice Martin Hinton will resign his commission after being appointed the state’s new Director of Public Prosecutions.
