LAWYERS – VICTORIA

Lawyer X to be unmasked

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Original article by Anthony Dowsley, Patrick Carlyon
Herald Sun – Page: 1 & 4 : 22-Feb-19

Victoria’s Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s ruling that the media can disclose the identity of a gangland defence lawyer who became a police informant. The court has ruled that the ‘Herald Sun’ can publish the name of the woman dubbed ‘Lawyer X’ on 1 March, ending a five-year legal battle to reveal her identity. Lawyer X claims that information she has supplied to police has helped to arrest and charge 386 people, including her own clients in the underworld.

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COURT OF APPEAL (VICTORIA), HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA POLICE, VICTORIA. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS

IBAC changes too weak: ex-judge

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Original article by Royce Millar
The Age – Page: 1 : 13-Oct-14

Tim Smith QC has written to all political parties in Victoria for the Accountability Round Table lobbying body. He cites a review by ex-Supreme Court judge Stephen Charles QC of proposed legislative changes to the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC). These will be discussed in the State Parliament from 13 October 2014. Charles argues that even after the amendments the IBAC will be inferior to the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption

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VICTORIA. INDEPENDENT BROAD-BASED ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION, NEW SOUTH WALES. INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION, THE ACCOUNTABILITY ROUND TABLE LIMITED, SUPREME COURT OF VICTORIA