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Michael Pelly

Bar should be raised for an ‘eminent’ lawyer

Eminent is a word people like to attach to lawyers. And farewell to a “High Court whisperer”. It’s Hearsay.

Eminent is one of those words that people like to use when describing a lawyer. And it’s getting quite the workout during the debate over the Indigenous Voice to parliament.

Coalition senator Paul Scarr was at it again on Tuesday night, rolling off a list of seven “eminent jurists” who think the Voice is problematic.

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Michael Pelly was The Australian Financial Review’s legal editor

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