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Sun 7 Nov, 2004 02:30 am
pick the judge to measure my sobriety against).
Quote:Supreme Court judge Jeff Shaw will spend the next six weeks undergoing intensive treatment at an eastern suburbs clinic which specialises in alcohol-related illnesses.
He has volunteered to undertake a program of detoxification which has achieved highly acclaimed results among professional people including lawyers, accountants, dentists, journalists and television personalities.
Justice Shaw, 55, the state's former attorney-general, is likely to remain an outpatient for up to six months as he regains his physical strength following his near-collapse a week ago.
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Big, big stink in NSW at present. The judge's little 'problem' seems to have been a well-known secret and some-one managed to 'lose' a blood sample (first ever apparently) AND from a locked container in a police-car (!?!).
Oh boy.
On of my friends - in her first admin job - managed to create a terrible stink when she complained publicly that the judge hearing the case she was arguing was ASLEEP - and well known to sleep through many cases - often being woken by counsel with earth shattering coughs and dropped brief cases (from a great height) and such.
The judiciary joined ranks against her to protect its own, of course! But - His Honour retired shortly after...
I think that it is an absolute disgrace that a judge should lose his license over that. I mean, have some compassion. How is the poor guy going to get to his daily bondage and S&M sessions now?
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