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15
sentences that state something as happening or true
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40%
6 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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A senior judge of the NSW Local Court has filed explosive proceedings in the state’s top court, claiming the judicial watchdog unfairly made findings against her after she complained about the chief judge.
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she → file → judge
Local Court Deputy Chief Judge Sharon Freund is seeking to overturn two decisions of the judicial watchdog in the Court of Appeal, according to a court document filed by her lawyer.
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Freund → seek → lawyer
The document says Freund lodged a complaint in May this year against Chief Judge Michael Allen with the Judicial Commission of NSW, alleging he had “engaged in bullying conduct” towards her.
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he → say → her
However, the commission determined in June that Freund’s complaint was not substantiated and dismissed it summarily, according to the document.
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complaint → determine → document
It also made adverse findings about Freund, and the judicial commission minutes recorded that “a number of the members of the commission were of the view that the complaint had not been brought in good faith”, the court filing says.
Those members considered Freund’s complaint was “an attempt to deflect” an inquiry by the chief judge into “what appeared to be irregular conduct and partiality”, the document says.
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document → make → judge
The findings related to Freund’s handling of a particular matter, and were “foreseeably damaging to ... [her] reputation and position”, according to the document.
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findings → relate → document
The judge alleges she was given no indication that her conduct could be the subject of findings by the watchdog.
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conduct → allege → watchdog
Freund’s lawyer Karen Espiner says in the court filing that the chief judge wrote to NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley on June 25.
“So concerning is the content of the [judicial commission’s] findings in response to the complaint and the conduct of [Freund], I consider it necessary to bring it to your attention,” the letter said.
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letter → say → attention
Daley subsequently referred the findings about Freund back to the commission, the document says, and the watchdog referred that matter in August to a conduct division of the commission, which is a panel that investigates complaints.
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that → refer → complaints
Freund is seeking a declaration that the commission’s determination in June that her complaint about Allen was not substantiated was made outside its powers and has no legal effect.
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complaint → seek → effect
She is also asking the Court of Appeal to quash the commission’s decision to refer the matters raised by the attorney-general to the conduct division.
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She → ask → division
Freund wants both decisions remitted to the judicial commission “to be dealt with according to law”.
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decisions → want → law
Her lawyer says the original decision by the judicial commission to dismiss her complaint about the chief judge made “findings and opinions adverse to her knowledge, credit and conduct”, and “on critical issues concerning her own conduct and good faith”.
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decision → say → conduct
Freund was “not afforded a fair opportunity to address the new adverse information supplied in the chief judge’s response” to her complaint, her lawyer says.
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lawyer → afford → complaint
Had Freund been given an opportunity to respond, the document said, there was a “realistic possibility” the findings would not have been made.
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findings → give → opportunity
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