Former ACT top prosecutor Shane Drumgold also wants to stop the territory government from taking any action against him based on the report into authorities’ handling of the Bruce Lehrmann trial.
Drumgold argues the leak failed to comply with section 17 of the Inquiries Act, denied him natural justice and gave rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias on the part of Sofronoff.
Lawyers for Drumgold argue some of Sofronoff’s findings against him were legally unreasonable, including that he breached his duty as a prosecutor. They also say Drumgold was not given a fair hearing in relation to other findings, and that some of Sofronoff’s findings were out of the inquiry’s jurisdiction because they did not relate to its terms of reference.
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr also said the government was seeking advice about whether Sofronoff had breached the Inquiries Act.– seek an injunction to stop Rattenbury from taking action against him under the DPP Act based on Sofronoff’s report. The case, listed for a directions hearing on September 14, names the board of inquiry, the Australian Capital Territory and the ACT attorney-general as defendants.The territory government commissioned the board of inquiry to investigate authorities’ handling of last year’s Lehrmann trial following a dispute between Drumgold and police about the investigation.
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