The former DPP seems to be out of the legal woods after several cases involving police, a federal minister, the Sofronoff inquiry and ACT’s bar association
Shane Drumgold says he ‘always maintained that conduct has been proper and appropriate’ following the ACT Bar Association’s dismissal of complaints of misconduct against him.Shane Drumgold says he ‘always maintained that conduct has been proper and appropriate’ following the ACT Bar Association’s dismissal of complaints of misconduct against him.
“This involves ensuring the Territory’s criminal justice entities work effectively together, and appropriately within their respective statutory frameworks. Specifically, the inquiry will examine the conduct of criminal justice agencies involved in the trial of R v Lehrmann,” a release about the inquiry said.Shortly after his resignation, Drumgold filed for a judicial review of Sofronoff’s findings., a columnist at the Australian, gave rise to an impression of bias.
One of the grounds was withdrawn and the rest were dismissed on the basis there was “no reasonable likelihood” he would be found guilty.One dispute was whether Drumgold had made a misleading statement over his dealings with the journalist Lisa Wilkinson, a potential witness for the prosecution in Lehrmann’s criminal trial, regarding her proposed Logies speech. Wilkinson said she had not been warned not to give the speech.
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