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Legal experts call for Lawyer X evidence to be referred to an interstate prosecutor
1 year, 5 months ago

Legal experts call for Lawyer X evidence to be referred to an interstate prosecutor

ABC  

Legal experts have called for the evidence collected by the special investigative office set up to investigate the Lawyer X scandal to be referred to an interstate prosecutor, saying lack of transparency could give rise to questions about perceived conflict of interest. Key points: Last month the special investigative office set up to build a criminal case against those in …

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Lawyers call for apology from Daniel Andrews following closure of Lawyer X Office of the Special Investigator
1 year, 5 months ago

Lawyers call for apology from Daniel Andrews following closure of Lawyer X Office of the Special Investigator

ABC  

Thirty-eight of Victoria's most eminent legal practitioners have signed a letter condemning the comments of Premier Daniel Andrews and calling for a public apology following the closure of the special investigative office set up to probe the Lawyer X scandal. Key points: Barristers have signed a letter calling for Daniel Andrews to retract his comments and publicly apologise to Geoffrey …

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Lawyer X royal commission blog: Nicola Gobbo's role as informer could have affected more than 1,200 cases
5 years, 3 months ago

Lawyer X royal commission blog: Nicola Gobbo's role as informer could have affected more than 1,200 cases

ABC  

Royal commissioner Margaret McMurdo says 1,297 legal matters have been identified where Nicola Gobbo's involvement could have tainted the outcome — while another 35 names have been produced by police. As it happened: Nicola Gobbo's second day of evidence to Lawyer X royal commission — Wednesday, February 5 Nicola Gobbo's first day of evidence at the royal commission Ms Gobbo's …

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How Lawyer X Nicola Gobbo wore a wire to try to frame detective Paul Dale
5 years, 6 months ago

How Lawyer X Nicola Gobbo wore a wire to try to frame detective Paul Dale

ABC  

It was a seemingly innocuous meeting between friends. At a Melbourne coffee shop in December 2008, former drug squad detective Paul Dale chats with defence lawyer Nicola Gobbo for about an hour. Key points: The conversation was later used as evidence against Mr Dale The pair talk about allegations Mr Dale organised the hit on police informer Terence Hodson Mr …

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Lawyer X royal commission hears former cop denies seeking chat with gangland bosses days after being arrested
5 years, 6 months ago

Lawyer X royal commission hears former cop denies seeking chat with gangland bosses days after being arrested

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Former Victorian drug squad detective Paul Dale has denied asking his lawyer to get in contact with gangland figure Carl Williams while he was in prison on drugs charges in 2003. Key points: Paul Dale has spent two days giving evidence this week and will return to give further testimony next Tuesday He said he had no recollection of asking …

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Victoria Police former assistant commissioner denies Lawyer X's claim they had a sexual relationship
5 years, 9 months ago

Victoria Police former assistant commissioner denies Lawyer X's claim they had a sexual relationship

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Former Victoria Police assistant commissioner Jeff Pope has denied having a sexual relationship with Nicola Gobbo, the woman at the centre of a legal scandal miring the state's justice system and also known as Lawyer X. Key points: Ms Gobbo told two police officers she'd had an on-and-off again sexual relationship with Mr Pope for months She made the claims …

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Rogue lawyer informer 3838 NAMED as Nicola Gobbo
5 years, 10 months ago

Rogue lawyer informer 3838 NAMED as Nicola Gobbo

Daily Mail  

The criminal barrister known as 'Lawyer X', who brought down dozens of Australia's most notorious gangsters by acting as a secret police informant, can finally be named as high-flying lawyer Nicola Gobbo. Last December, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said police were concerned with the protection of Ms Gobbo and her family, whom police feared would be murdered if …

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