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When I was sexually harassed as a young lawyer at a top-tier firm, even though the HR department upheld my complaint, the miserable person who departed the company a few months later was me, not my harasser. He still works there.
A year later, another young female lawyer was pushed out of the same firm for having an affair with a senior partner. He still works there.
Fiona Thatcher is a London-based lawyer.
On Thursday MinterEllisonâs chief executive, Annette Kimmitt, was forced to leave the firm after she sent an email to her concerned employees about her colleague, defamation lawyer Peter Bartlettâs decision to represent federal Attorney-General Christian Porter over allegations of rape, which the minister denies. Bartlett remains in his job, as does Porter.
Lo and behold, it s a woman shown the door in the aftermath of Porter
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