Original sentence: From 1981-82 she worked at the Sydney Bar and then was Deputy Chairperson of the Law Reform Commission, Victoria.Her subsequent appointment as the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner drew national media attention when an employee of the Commission, Mark Bastick, obtained a Court Order restraining her from approaching him, complaining that he had been victimized by Scutt and fearing that "an altercation could ensue" and "I also seek that the respondent not approach me directly or indirectly in any public area”.In 1986 she returned to private practice in Melbourne.Interview with Jocelynne Scutt.Jocelynne Scutt (b.Perth June 1947 -) is a prominent Australian feminist lawyer, Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, writer and commentator.Scutt has worked with the Australian Institute of Criminology, as associate to a High Court judge (Lionel Murphy), and as director of research with the Legal and Constitutional Committee of the parliament of Victoria.She graduated in law from the University of Western Australia in 1969 and undertook postgraduate studies in law at the University of Sydney, Southern Methodist University and the University of Michigan in the United States, and Cambridge University in England
Edited sentence: Born in Perth in June 1947, she graduated in law from the University of Western Australia in 1969 and undertook postgraduate studies in law at the University of Sydney, Southern Methodist University and the University of Michigan in the United States, and Cambridge University in England.Her subsequent appointment as the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner drew national media attention when a disgruntled employee of the Commission, Mark Bastick, obtained a Court Order restraining her from approaching him, complaining that he had been victimized by Scutt and fearing that "an altercation could ensue" and "I also seek that the respondent not approach me directly or indirectly in any public area” (reported in The Age newspaper February 20, 2003).Jocelynne Scutt (1947 -) is a prominent Australian feminist lawyer, Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, writer and commentator.She spent some time at the Sydney Bar in 1981-82, and before returning to private practice in 1986 in Melbourne was Deputy Chairperson of the Law Reform Commission, Victoria.Subsequently Scutt has worked with the Australian Institute of Criminology, as associate to a High Court judge (Lionel Murphy), and as director of research with the Legal and Constitutional Committee of the parliament of Victoria.The order was subsequently lifted and Scutt fully vindicated when it transpired that the complaint was completely unsubstantiated