PublishedNewsouth Publishing, September 2016 |
ISBN9781742234991 |
FormatSoftcover, 288 pages |
Dimensions21cm × 13.5cm |
When Tim Carmody was appointed Chief Justice of Queensland
by Premier Campbell Newman in 2014, he had been Chief Magistrate for only nine
months.
It proved to be the most controversial judicial appointment
in Australia's history.
Carmody's elevation plunged the Supreme Court and the legal
profession into a bitter conflict with the government and with Carmody himself.
How did he come to be appointed to such a significant position? What can we
learn from this saga about the fragile relationships between politics and the
courts? The Tim Carmody Affair places
the full story of Carmody's damaging and divisive tenure in context, and
identifies key reforms that could prevent this kind of controversy in the
future.
'A spellbinding and alarming account of one of Australia's great
judicial dramas that ruptured the legal profession and the courts. The Newman
Government's appointment of Tim Carmody as Queensland's Chief Justice is a
story of patronage, betrayal, leaking, and political folly. Brilliant and revealing.' - Richard Ackland
