The publication of a picture of the leader of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church has generated feverish discussion about how it came to our reporter.
Victoria’s legal profession has been left unsettled by the Director of Public Prosecutions’ complaint over the conduct of two senior judges.
A police handler of Nicola Gobbo has told a court police knew there was a real risk their use of a lawyer as a source would come under extreme scrutiny.
In the days before drug kingpin Tony Mokbel vanished mid-trial,fleeing to Greece,his lawyer Nicola Gobbo told police to keep a close eye on him – and at the same time secretly encouraged him to escape.
For the first time in more than a decade,former drug kingpin Tony Mokbel has spoken in public,at a trial for his appeal after the Lawyer X scandal.
No one (least of all Tony) is suggesting he wasn’t a major drug trafficker but rather that some of the evidence showing he trafficked drugs had been unfairly gathered.
Documents released by the Supreme Court reveal barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo has launched a lawsuit against Victoria Police,and alleges the force ruined her life and put her safety at risk.
Integrity expert Geoffrey Watson,SC,said those responsible for the Lawyer X saga may never be brought to justice while Daniel Andrews leads Victoria.
The scrapping of the office of the special investigator probing the unlawful decision to use lawyer Nicola Gobbo as a secret informant against her own clients puts an ends to the $120 million legal scandal.
Where do you want to go next? The AFL tribunal? Judge Judy? Utopia?
Truth is,the woman known as Lawyer X and Informer 3838 has sung more often than Nellie Melba. And that would always have hurt any case against Victoria Police.