Appalling name supression decision

A criminal defence lawyer did the following:

  • took a boxing match too far with his son in April 2022, striking him repeatedly after knocking him down, despite the boy’s pleas to his dad to stop
  • removed his son from hospital against medical advice
  • delayed the case for four years by ignoring timetabling for submissions
  • Avoided summons
  • Filed numerous meritless pre-trial applications
  • showed no remorse according to the judge

Yet despite all that, he got permanent name suppression.