Six-year delay in judge’s ruling ‘deplorable’, Full Court says in Boral sex harassment case

Appeals 2020-02-20 4:44 pm By Christine Caulfield | Melbourne

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Wood products giant Boral Timber has been found vicariously liable for a male worker’s sexual harrassment of a female colleague, with an appeals court overturning a ruling that it said took a judge more than six years to deliver and “regrettably” brought the administration of justice into disrepute.

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