Judiciary finds its voice
Chief Justice Stephen Gageler wanted speakers at the Australian Legal Convention to be "provocative". They didn't disappoint.
It might have been Chief Justice Stephen Gageler’s party, but Rachel Doyle SC can take some credit for making the Australian Legal Convention a success.
The Victorian silk lit up the first morning with her talk on legitimacy — and her denunciation of judges who support the “public rehabilitation” of former High Court justice Dyson Heydon.
“Apparently there is a silent sunset clause on caring about sexual harassment — at least when the perpetrator is powerful and well connected," Doyle said.
“There is a grave disconnect now between the nice press releases and the new training sessions which have been rolled out — and what some judges are actually doing.” (Such as attending a Heydon book launch and inviting him to a swearing in.)
