Salvatore Vasta
Salvatore Vasta is a Federal Circuit and Family Court judge in Australia. Vasta has received negative media attention on several occasions since being appointed to the bench in 2015.
In 2018 Vasta ordered that a child of a same-sex couple be baptised as a Catholic despite neither parent requesting this and baptism not being mentioned previously during the hearing.[1][2]
A 2019 family court full bench appeal against the decision overturned the order. [3]
In 2021 a man known as Mr Stradford successfully sued Vasta after he was imprisoned for contempt of court. This is the first time that a judge has been successfully sued in Australia. Justice Michael Wigney of the Federal Court ruled that a gross miscarriage of justice had occurred and awarded Mr Strandford more than A$300,000.[4]
Vasta is the son of Angelo Vasta, who was removed as a judge in 1989 by act of parliament.[5]
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References
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/jul/24/salvatore-vasta-judge-in-the-peter-ridd-case-has-had-more-than-20-verdicts-overturned
- ↑ https://archive.is/rVOR7
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/jul/24/salvatore-vasta-judge-in-the-peter-ridd-case-has-had-more-than-20-verdicts-overturned
- ↑ https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/man-wins-300k-damages-in-historic-case-against-judge-20230828-p5e02m
- ↑ https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tableOffice/TabledPapers/2017/5517T1492.pdf