ICAC chief Megan Latham is in the fight of her legal life

By Deborah Snow
Updated February 13 2016 - 2:08am, first published 1:35am
 Current ICAC Chief Megan Latham before the parliamentary committee on Thursday Photo: Peter Rae
Current ICAC Chief Megan Latham before the parliamentary committee on Thursday Photo: Peter Rae
ICAC inspector David Levine found that ICAC's actions were unlawful, an abuse of power, oppressive maladministration and "the low point" in ICAC's history.
 Photo: Daniel Munoz
ICAC inspector David Levine found that ICAC's actions were unlawful, an abuse of power, oppressive maladministration and "the low point" in ICAC's history. Photo: Daniel Munoz

Despite her inscrutable public demeanour, Megan Latham, the head of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, does not lack a sense of humour. During her swearing in ceremony as a Supreme Court judge in 2005, a senior lawyer recalled challenging her logic in a case she was presiding over. Latham responded, "Mr Harrison, if the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle." The lawyer, Ian Harrison, recalled "I have never been able to get that remark out of my head."

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