From the AJN:

Toben’s lawyer barred until May
Peter Kohn

LAWYERS for the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) have asked the Federal Court of Australia to re-list a contempt-of-court hearing into Dr Fredrick Toben, after discovering that the lawyer the Adelaide Holocaust denier nominated is suspended from practice.

The hearing, which is examining alleged violations of a 2002 Federal Court decision barring Dr Toben from publishing Holocaust-denial material on his Adelaide Insitute website and elsewhere, began on February 6, but was adjourned to allow him to find a lawyer.

Dr Toben told Justice Michael Moore that he only had access to one lawyer, and he would not be available until May.

Outside the court, lawers for the ECAJ told the AJN they would contact the lawyer and if he was not available, they would give Dr Toben two weeks to replace him.

But investigations by ECAJ lawyers later revealed the lawyer was not available until May because his certificate of practice has been suspended until then.