they were all hardworking decent men and women.
Is Mise,
I have worked alongside a lot of bureaucrats & yes I can recall at least two who were like those you mentioned. Were you to introduce me to more Judges I'm certain I could find a number who were/are like that former High Court Judge.
I'm looking at our society as a whole & the people who govern us & I simply cannot shake my doubts as to their suitability for the positions they hold at massive expense to us all !
Of course there are decent people in every organisation but they're outnumbered by the megalomaniacs !

individual,

I am speaking from experience, you are speaking supposition.

SR,

"In the past, in cases of alleged sexual abuse, juries were warned, in strong terms, of the dangers of convicting in the absence of corroboration. The law has changed in that regard. That makes the task of intermediate appellate courts charged with having to review the safety of convictions in such cases a particularly important and onerous one."

It is interesting that this change has introduced into Victorian law. This in itself creates a cause to challenge the verdict in the appeal courts.

Is Mise,
No, mine is from personal experience also !

Is Mise and individual,

Sounds like both of you have been dragged up before a magistrate on more than one occasion. Care to enlighten us on your criminal record?

You only had to watch the hanky panky that went on with the appointment & "special" treatment of some magistrate under the Beattie & later Bleigh governments in Queensland to know that "Justice" has very little, or nothing to do with the practice of law in Oz.

Even from this distance it is obvious that the Law as it is practiced in Victoria has less to do with justice, or even LAW than it does with Labor/lefty politics, & pay back.