Saturday, June 6, 2015

Quote for the Day

"Oh, women lawyers – I would put them all behind bras." 

- Sir Leslie Herron (1902-1973)
NSW Supreme Court Chief Justice 
to Ms Gaudron (later to be a justice on the High Court) and other female barristers in the early 1970s when they suggested the exclusion of sexist remarks in his usual speech of welcome to new barristers.



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