Opinion
Vasta caning makes case for judicial commission
Like the recently formed National Anti-Corruption Commission, a federal judicial commission has been a long time coming.
Michael PellyLegal editorJudge Salvatore Vasta has become the most convincing argument for a federal judicial commission.
Judge Vasta was excoriated this week for the unlawful imprisonment of a father of two during a property dispute in 2018, with Federal Court justice Michael Wigney awarding damages of $309,450.
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Michael Pelly is the legal editor, based in our Sydney newsroom. He has been a senior adviser to federal and state attorneys-general and written two books, one a biography of former High Court Chief Justice Murray Gleeson. Email Michael at michael.pelly@afr.com
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