Lawyers for Walter Sofronoff have asked Andrew Barr to ‘correct the harm he has caused’ to the former judge’s reputation
Lawyers for Walter Sofronoff have asked ACT chief minister Andrew Barr to “correct the harm he has caused” to the former judge’s reputation, telling him he was wrong to suggest the premature release of his report was unlawful.
He acknowledged the remarks were made in the “midst of a reaction of shock and dismay at the premature publication of the report”. But he said they were wrong and requested a correction of the record. “Our client respectfully suggests that the persistence of criticism of him can serve no good purpose for the government and it has been, and if it persists will continue to be, harmful to him as well as to the interests of the ACT government in dealing with the issues facing it,” the letter said.
Sofronoff was also “baffled” at Barr’s criticism of his engagement with journalists throughout the inquiry. “Equally, if the public was to be kept within the inquiry’s confidence, it was crucial to make certain that responsible journalists had an opportunity to read, understand and digest the significance of the report in good time to be able to report upon it once the government released it,” he wrote.
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