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"Jurors spend six hours a day in the courtroom. The other 18 they're at the mercy not just of their own phone fingers, but the news, views, rumours and scandal that everyone around them is keen to share," writes legal columnist HUGH SELBY.

"The veil over decisions to prosecute or not to prosecute is unlikely to be lifted unless there's strong and sustained pressure for our governments to amend the law, says former barrister and "CityNews" legal columnist HUGH SELBY.

Given what we know now compared to last year, legal affairs columnist HUGH SELBY says there's an argument of "unjust enrichment" and that Brittany Higgins should give taxpayers' money back.

The outcomes of two major legal cases have revealed dark truths about both our justice system and a celebrated war hero.

"The Sofronoff Inquiry has revealed that our prosecutions office lost its way, so much that it wallowed in a mire of ineptitude." The public hearings are over. Here's HUGH SELBY's wrap up.

The head of a victim support service has stood by her decision to publicly accompany Brittany Higgins to the criminal trial of the man she accused of raping her, despite criticism. 

"It was as though Ms Yates was in a minefield but didn’t know it. The commissioner gave her safe ways out. All to no avail. She wouldn’t step on to that path." HUGH SELBY on the final day of the Sofronoff Inquiry's public hearings.

Evidence from police and DPP witnesses at the Sofronoff Inquiry into how the justice system handled Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations has revealed a shambolic trail of errors.

"Like historical sex crimes, victims do not forget. They raise what happened with the right people who do nothing. There comes a time and a season, and it is now," writes legal columnist HUGH SELBY. 

"If Mr Lehrmann's recall is accurate, then ACT Legal Aid has lost its way and needs to be brought back to the main road. If his recall is wrong then we need to be told that," writes legal columnist HUGH SELBY.