The president of the Victorian Bar has taken the extraordinary step of publicly rebuking a senior silk who said lawyers supporting the Voice were just making “a commercial play”.
Sam Hay, KC, told the bar’s 2200 members via its In Brief newsletter that the comments by Stuart Wood, KC, to The Australian newspaper last Wednesday were out of line.
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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
