Brisbane Times: "THE state's top judge is headed to the Caribbean for several weeks this year to head a corruption inquiry implicating a former prime minister and involving millions of dollars.
It is possibly the first time a NSW Supreme Court chief justice has taken up such a posting.
Justice James Spigelman will have his salary, accommodation, and expenses paid by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda. He will be there for just under a week for the preliminary hearing, beginning early next month. He will return later in the year for several weeks for further hearings.
'The Antigua [and] Barbuda Government are covering all costs including his salary while he is away,' a spokesman for the Attorney-General's Department said. 'Whilst he obviously won't be conducting his normal duties in NSW, there will be absolutely no cost whatsoever to the NSW taxpayer … He's not on leave; he's working. It's a working trip.'"
It is possibly the first time a NSW Supreme Court chief justice has taken up such a posting.
Justice James Spigelman will have his salary, accommodation, and expenses paid by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda. He will be there for just under a week for the preliminary hearing, beginning early next month. He will return later in the year for several weeks for further hearings.
'The Antigua [and] Barbuda Government are covering all costs including his salary while he is away,' a spokesman for the Attorney-General's Department said. 'Whilst he obviously won't be conducting his normal duties in NSW, there will be absolutely no cost whatsoever to the NSW taxpayer … He's not on leave; he's working. It's a working trip.'"
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