Canberra lawyer Noor Blumer was left disgusted after she said
Dyson Heydon groped her before trying to kiss her at a ball in 2013. CREDIT: ALEX ELLINGHAUSEN
It
was autumn 2013, and Dyson Heydon had just retired from the High Court.
The University of Canberra was delighted to invite the eminent judge as guest
speaker for its annual Law Ball, held on a chilly evening on April 19.
Noor
Blumer, a prominent Canberra lawyer who was then President of the ACT Law
Society, was delighted to be seated next to the guest of honour, whose
brilliant legal mind she admired.
But
the evening ended with Ms Blumer leaving in distress, disgusted after Mr Heydon
groped her under the table, she says, before trying to kiss her against her
will.
The
University of Canberra said in a statement Mr Heydon was "removed from the
event and returned to his accommodation" following a complaint of
"inappropriate behaviour" from a student on the same evening……..
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