Three lawyers who accused High Court judge of sexual harassment to be paid ‘$1MILLION’ in secret settlement by Australian government
- Three lawyers receive settlement over harassment claims against former judge
- High Court justice Dyson Heydon was the subject of the claim by the women
- Their lawyer, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, revealed the settlement on Monday
- It’s believed the compensation payouts could total over one million dollars
Three female lawyers who accused former High Court judge Dyson Heydon of sexual harassment have reached a secret settlement with the Federal government.
Employment law firm Maurice Blackburn Lawyers revealed the settlement for the three women, Rachael Patterson Collins, Chelsea Tabart and Alex Eggerking.
It’s believed the compensation amounts could total more than a million dollars.
The settlement includes the women signing non-disclosure agreements enduring the pay-outs will remain secret.
Former High Court judge Dyson Heydon was the subject of compensation claims by three lawyers. Two of them were his associates
‘Exceedingly proud, chuffed and stoked to announce the historic settlement of compensation claims for three women whose allegations of sexual harassment against former High Court judge Dyson Heydon were upheld by an independent investigation,’ lawyer John Bornstein of Maurice Blackburn said on Monday.
Mr Bornstein said the three women had been unable to pursue legal careers because of their experiences.
Two of the women were former associates of Mr Heydon during his time on the bench.
Justice Heydon had previously denied the allegations through his lawyers.
He had previously described his actions as ‘inadvertent and unintended’.
This allegedly included repeatedly trying to kiss Ms Collins and telling her she was beautiful.
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