Talk:Anthony Mason (judge)

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1975 Dismissal

I'm surprised we have nothing here about Mason's deep involvement with Kerr in 1975. He knew all about the Dismissal well before it occurred, because he provided advice to him over a period of time about his constitutional prerogatives and obligations. His papers were finally released a couple of years ago, and his position is that he acted completely properly and impartially, but for the record he says he agreed with Kerr's decision. His only ongoing criticism of Kerr is that he counselled Kerr at the time to warn his Prime Minister Whitlam of his intention to sack him unless nothing changed, but Kerr studiously avoided doing so (for fear he'd be sacked first).

I'll have to dig something out and add it in. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:36, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Who wants to cut this down to size? -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 22:13, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Done it. Though I think the article is now bottom-heavy. I would like to balance it with explanation of significance of the major Mason Court cases. And/or some material in the Dismissal section might be merged into the Dismissal article. Wikiain (talk) 03:10, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, Wikiain. A very promising start. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 03:29, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Rightoh, Jack. I've now expanded the "major cases" bit. Wikiain (talk) 00:27, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

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