Former judge’s associate says she was forced out of job after relationship with Tasmanian judge revealed

Woman's lawyer says she suffered punitive sanctions without any fair process' to deal with conflict of interest in court workplace

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A former supreme court associate who says she was forced out of her job after it was revealed she was in a sexual relationship with a Tasmanian judge has lodged a complaint with the state's equal opportunity commission.

Sarah Gregory was photographed embracing her partner, Justice Gregory Geason, in a Hobart nightclub last year.

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