NSW’s top prosecutor scores legal win in bias claim against senior judge

<p>Recusal application against district court judge Penelope Wass yet to be determined amid row with DPP</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/mar/06/middle-east-flights-return-queensland-weather-nsw-budget-estimates-anthony-albanese-angus-taylor-labor-coalition-politics-updates-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>New South Wales’ top prosecutor has been given the green light to continue her fight to get a senior judge removed from a historical sexual offences trial on the grounds of apprehended bias.</p><p>The ruling from the NSW supreme court is the latest development in a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/12/conflict-between-judge-and-nsw-prosecutors-referred-to-powerful-committee-amid-intimidation-concerns-ntwnfb">long-running row</a> between the director of public prosecutions, Sally Dowling SC, and district court judge Penelope Wass. The dispute went before the NSW court of appeal last week.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/06/judge-penelope-wass-bias-case-nsw-prosecutor-win">Continue reading...</a>

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