

Mr Robertson won plaudits for his firm and methodical examination of Ms Berejiklian at the private and public hearings into Mr Maguire’s property deals and whether he used his role as an MP for personal gain.Īs part of its investigation, the ICAC also looked at whether the former premier “was liable to allow or encourage the occurrence of corrupt conduct by Mr Maguire”.Īt one stage, the barrister asked the then premier the same question 10 times in a row – whether she considered Mr Maguire as part of her family – as he sought to establish the nature of their five-year relationship. “We’ve been waiting a long time for the report, which as I understand it, is about to be delivered,” he told ABC-TV’s Insiders. She now works for Optus.įederal Attorney General Mark Dreyfus said on the weekend that he understood the report would be released soon. His elevation comes ahead of the imminent release of the Operation Keppel report by the ICAC, which has been criticised for the time it takes to complete inquiries – a factor which Ms Berejiklian cited in her resignation in October 2021, before the public hearings. His profile says he is “a commercial barrister with an interest and extensive practice in public law” and that he has “a substantial practice in anti-corruption commission “. Other high-profile names on the list are defamation specialist Dauid Sibtain, who frequently appears for media outlets including Nine, and Simeon Beckett, who was a counsel assisting the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse. Only five are women, which is line with the number of females at the bar (24.8 per cent) and above the ratio of female silks (11.2 per cent). New silk: Scott Robertson as he questioned Gladys Berejiklian at the ICAC hearings in October 2021. Mr Robertson, the counsel assisting the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) inquiry into Ms Berejiklian’s ex-boyfriend, the former MP Darryl Maguire, was one of 20 new silks announced by the NSW Bar Association on Tuesday. At the age of five, she only spoke Armenian and was learning the English language.Scott Robertson, the barrister who grilled former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian as part of the corruption investigation that led to her resignation, has been made a senior counsel (SC). As being the eldest daughter in the family, she has two sisters, Rita and Mary. Her parents were Armenian immigrant, and her grandparents were orphaned in the Armenian Genocide in 1915. Gladys was born in the family of Berejiklian to parents – Krikor Berejiklian and Arsha Berejiklian. So for now, having a husband and getting married soon might be not in her option.

Moreover, she has become the 45th Premier of New South Wales, which has come up with additional responsibilities and busy schedules. Everyone in life has those critical moments in their life when they know that something they did or didn’t do would affect their future,” Bachelorette on her late forties said that Once, Gladys claimed that working hard is in her genes, which makes her parents’ worried. Seems like she has made her profession as her husband.

When it comes to unrevealing the personal life of Gladys, she remains tight lips. As being the state’s first elected Premier, Gladys’ net worth might have risen, but it remains under review.
