Page 26 - Walter Sofronoff News Today

"Walter Sofronoff is an extraordinary man, and an extraordinary judge, one whose empathy other judges should seek to emulate," writes legal columnist HUGH SELBY as he reveals how often the legal profession falls short of that quality. 

Former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann has told the Federal Court the broadcast of a live speech by Brittany Higgins was unfair to his defence.

"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 inquiry into Bruce Lehrmann's trial has offered rare insights.

At the outset, Walter Sofronoff thought he would have to consider if charges should have been laid against Bruce Lehrmann. But when he asked anyone involved in the inquiry if they wanted to argue against the prosecution, you could hear a pin drop.

After 13 days of public hearings, an inquiry is about to consider what went wrong during Canberra's biggest trial in years.

The independent probe has heard nearly a month of extraordinary evidence.

The inquiry into Bruce Lehrmann's trial has offered rare insights.

After 13 days of public hearings, nine witnesses and the receipt of more than 100,000 documents, an inquiry...

After 13 days of public hearings, nine witnesses and the receipt of more than 100,000 documents, an inquiry...