Open Justice in Question: NSW Court of Appeal Refuses Media Access to Records in Freund v Attorney General of NSW An extensive and highly critical report published today, 14 November 2026, by Janet Albrechtsen in The Australian raises serious questions about open justice, the NSW Court of Appeal, the Judicial Commission, Attorney-General Michael Daley and institutional accountability in the administration of justice.

“Perverting the Course of Justice and Lying”: NSW Deputy Chief Judge Sharon Freund's Declaration in Her Complaint Against Chief Judge Michael Allen - Two Conflicting Judicial Accounts NSW Local Court judicial feud: Deputy Chief Judge Sharon Freund and Chief Judge Michael Allen. Freund commenced judicial review proceedings in the NSW Court of Appeal, challenging two Judicial Commission decisions.

NSW Local Court Deputy Chief Judge Sharon Freund challenges two Judicial Commission decisions in proceedings against the NSW Attorney-General and the Judicial Commission. The decisions concern the dismissal of her complaint against Chief Judge Michael Allen and the subsequent referral of concerns about her own conduct to the Commission's Conduct Division. These proceedings concern the dismissal of Freund's complaint against Chief Judge Michael Allen and, following the NSW Att

Unlawful Retaliatory Acts by the Law Society of NSW – How Lawyers Who Act Lawfully Can Be Stripped of Their Livelihood. Unlawful Retaliatory Acts by the Law Society of NSW – Views of “Unfitness” Without Case or Process 1. The Core Facts The Law Society of NSW, through its Professional Standards Department (PSD) and Council, had no case. Instead of initiating proper proceedings under Chapter 5 of the Uniform Law, it invoked unfettered section 45 powers without lawful foundati