The messages also reveal a member of the group Lawyers for Israel calling Lattouf’s lawyer Josh Bornstein, who is Jewish, a “traiter”.

  • Quokka
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    611 months ago

    Article is paywalled.

    Are the names of these scum visible? Is there any way for us to start campaigning for them to lose their licenses to practice law?

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        Thanks.

        Nicky Stein (Started his own firm, probably won’t fire himself but doesn’t mean his business is immune to negative public opinion)

        https://www.keypropertylawyers.com.au

        Robert Goot

        https://www.statechambers.net/robert-m-goot-ao-sc

        Debbie Wiener (Apparently has a history of being shit, ex. Going after Jewish DV victims and part of a Child Sex Abuse scandal)

        http://www.mannywaks.com/blog/debbie-wiener-must-resign-from-unchain-my-heart-organisation-that-supports-agunot

        https://www.vicbar.com.au/profile/6239

        Lindy Blashki runs a dodgy looking “career consultation” company in Melbourne

        http://www.castancareers.com/who-we-are

        Anyone got a template letter for informing employers about the actions of employees outside of work and their reflection on the company?

        • @[email protected]
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          211 months ago

          It seems to me like the issue here isn’t that these lawyers wrote letters, but whether the ABC folded to pressure instead of following their own policies, and whether information was leaked from the ABC.

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            I’d say there’s something wrong with these workers of our legal system, clandestinely meeting together to harass workers for holding political views and terrorising public institutions to conform to their views.

            • @[email protected]
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              They didn’t “harass workers”, did they? I think the ABC should also be able to withstand a letter-writing campaign and that “terrorising” is a bit of a stretch there.

              Spurious threats of legal action might be of interest to professional bodies, though.

                • @[email protected]
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                  711 months ago

                  The fact they are lawyers is neither here nor there.

                  Well, the lawyers involved think differently:

                  Nicky Stein

                  Needs to be done again today … It is important ABC hears not just from individuals in the community but specifically lawyers so they feel there is an actual legal threat.

                  Nicky Stein

                  I have basically written to them and told them I expect a proper response, not a generic one, by COB today or I would look to engage a senior counsel. I know there is probably no actionable offence against ABC but I didn’t say I would be taking one - just investigating one. I have said they they should be terminating her employment immediately.

                  Nicky Stein

                  Just got this back from Ita Buttrose in response to my email (which was a bit cheeky threatening legal action I know)

                  So I’d say that they’re lawyers is relevant in that they thought it would help them apply pressure, and it seems to have. I don’t think just anyone would be able to get a personal response from the ABC chairperson. What’s more is that they knew their threats of legal action weren’t well-founded.

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              I mean you’d be 100% wrong. I hate what they did but the right to organise hasn’t been taken away and well it should not, otherwise you’d be a potential criminal too.

              • Quokka
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                211 months ago

                I would not.

                And frankly who said shit about ‘the right to organise being taken away’? You’re arguing against a point no one has made.