‘Extraordinary turn of events’ sees judge in long-running court case step aside after being recorded making remarks
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A judge hearing a discrimination case brought by a mother against a bank has stepped aside after being inadvertently recorded making remarks about the matter, described as “inappropriate” by the woman’s lawyer.
Judge Pamela Jenkins was sitting in the Victorian and Civil Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) remotely earlier this year when she made the remarks to another judge who was observing the case.
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