âIt has to stopâ: former High Court judge calls out sexual harassment
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Former High Court justice Kenneth Hayne has condemned sexual harassment in the legal profession and the culture of victim-blaming as he urged senior lawyers to deliver âblunt messagesâ aimed at curbing unacceptable behaviour.
Mr Hayne, QC, who sat on the High Court bench for almost 18 years, including a decade alongside Dyson Heydon, said sexual harassment âshames the perpetrator, not the victimâ and it must be âcalled out for what it is: an abuse of powerâ.
It has to stop : former High Court judge calls out sexual harassment
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