The Australian Bar Association has joined the Law Council in condemning quotes from a Melbourne lawyer about judges as “baseless, inappropriate and undermining” of the criminal justice system and warned that there was no place for the unfounded claims.
President Matthew Howard SC has joined the Law Council in addressing controversial, “baseless” commentary published by Nine that the Family Court has corruption issues. While accepting that the courts are open to judgement and can be scrutinised, he said there was no room “for unfounded claims about the integrity of the country’s judges”.
On Tuesday, 12 January, The Age published comments from Melbourne-based lawyer Serene Teffaha made during a speech against coronavirus restrictions in which she said that judges were “corrupt” and that there was no need to wear masks in Victoria.
