Interstate judge brought into Drumgold case to avoid conflict of interest

A Victorian Supreme Court judge will be brought into the ACT to avoid any conflicts of interest in former top prosecutor Shane Drumgold’s legal challenge against the findings of an inquiry that forced him to resign.

“To avoid any conflict of interest, the Chief Justice wrote last week to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Anne Ferguson, to ask whether [she] would be prepared to make a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria available,” Reece said, adding Ferguson had agreed to appoint Kaye, a reserve judge in the jurisdiction.

The case sparked several offshoot legal proceedings, including an ACT government inquiry into the handling of the trial after a public fallout between Drumgold and police, who he accused of trying to undermine the proceedings. “I think it’s obvious that Mr Sofronoff’s position is somewhat unusual and there are some issues arising in respect of his position, which have needed to be resolved and still need to be resolved,” he said.

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