Lucy McCallum (born 1963) is the Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory[1] and a former judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
McCallum practised in a wide range of areas that included defamation, administrative law, she was counsel assisting HIH Royal Commission, represented asbestos victims in the James Hardie Inquiry,[4] and worked pro bono for refugees who were in immigration detention and in environmental matters.
From 2014 McCallum was the list judge for the Defamation list,[5] and has been the trial judge in numerous high-profile defamation and criminal cases, including a long running case brought by Helen Liu in which she sought to have journalists reveal their sources,[6] and the trial of Simon Gittany for murder.
[8] In considering a sexual harassment claim brought by Brigette Styles against Clayton Utz, McCallum referred to emails by another solicitor as "no advertisement for male sensitivity; their author evidently no feminist.
In one of the emails, Mr Izzo speaks of 'crazy single female chicks' who 'just need a good **** to get them back to normal'.