An extremely powerful man preyed on young women forging a career in the law.
Now the legal and media fraternities are ‘restoring his reputation’.
Lawyer Dyson Heydon is considered to be one of Australia’s pre-eminent legal figures.
He was once a justice with Australia’s High Court.
But that ended – or so we though – when an investigation found he sexually harassed multiple young women.
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