Well the case is over and some sort of sense prevails. It would have been over the top for a multimillion dollar settlement to have been awarded. The judge made it clear he saw this as just another sexual harrassment case with no extra bells and whistles.
Regarding the lack of money to charity ? I understood that Kirsty Fraser-Kirk was going to give some money
from any punitive damages That was the stuff way above the straight sexual harassment settlement. In fact after she takes out the considerable legal costs and the uprooting of her life and probable loss of future income she'll be lucky to stay even.
It's been interesting to observe the comments of many forum members who have slagged off at Kirsty both during and now after the legal proceedings. I think it has been pretty ordinary and I'm not sure whether it reflects on some people innate natures or how they have been influenced by the media coverage. There was a good (IMO) summing up of the case in The Age today.
http://www.theage.com.au/business/b...d-well-at-top-end-of-town-20101018-16qzu.html
Perhaps they only way some our our contributors could recognise accurately what happened with Mark Mcinnes abuse of power and incessant assault on Kirsty would be hearing a similar story from a daughter, partner or close friend. I'd hope so any way.
Cheers