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NSW District Court Judge Penelope Wass and NSW Director of Public Prosecutions Sally Dowling SC have been at loggerheads.

Sex abuse trial in limbo amid standoff between top prosecutor, judge

The trial is among a series of criminal cases in NSW that have been delayed amid a feud between DPP Sally Dowling SC and Judge Penelope Wass.

  • Michaela Whitbourn

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NSW Attorney General Michael Daley and NSW DPP Sally Dowling SC.

‘Will you resign?’: NSW’s top prosecutor under pressure amid feud with judge

NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley earlier told a tense parliamentary hearing that he had confidence in Director of Public Prosecutions Sally Dowling, SC.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Paul and Linda Grimmer pose for photos with a framed photograph of Paul and his younger sister Cheryl in the 1970s.

Fresh hope for Cheryl Grimmer family as DPP considers re-opening murder case

A toddler vanished from a beach, a teenager confessed, a trial collapsed. Now a chance at justice has emerged after 50 years.

  • Perry Duffin
Judge Penelope Wass and NSW Director of Public Prosecutions Sally Dowling, SC.

Top prosecutor’s ‘deep regret’ amid stand-off with judge

DPP Sally Dowling, SC, has urged a parliamentary inquiry not to make adverse findings against her without giving her an opportunity to respond.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
NSW District Court Judge Penelope Wass and Director of Public Prosecutions Sally Dowling SC.

The judge v the prosecutor: Inside a very public and bitter feud

The clash between two legal heavyweights is just one front in a long-running war.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Judge Penelope Wass and NSW Director of Public Prosecutions Sally Dowling SC.

Dramatic escalation in bitter feud between judge and top prosecutor

The state’s top prosecutor is facing a potential contempt of parliament probe amid an explosive row with a District Court judge.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
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NSW DPP Sally Dowling, SC, giving evidence to the upper house inquiry on Friday.

‘Personal grievance’: NSW’s top prosecutor at war with District Court judge

The leak of a young Indigenous person’s name and case details to a radio program is being examined by an upper house inquiry.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Director of Public Prosecutions Sally Dowling, SC.

Top prosecutor’s office reviews hundreds of NSW sexual assault cases

DPP Sally Dowling, SC, has hit back at criticism from District Court judges but says her office will consider new processes for reviewing charges.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Folbigg said it was a “travesty” the process for receiving an ex gratia payment had been so complex.

Once branded a killer, Kathleen Folbigg says what happened next rubbed salt in her wounds

After spending more than a third of her life behind bars, Kathleen Folbigg says she still faces an agonising fight.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Robert Newlinds was appointed as a NSW District Court judge last year.

Judge vilified sexual assault complainant, bullied prosecutor, watchdog finds

The NSW Judicial Commission said District Court Judge Robert Newlinds should not hear criminal cases for the “foreseeable future” after his conduct in a sexual assault trial.

  • Michaela Whitbourn