Criticism
Gaudron has been occasionally criticised throughout her career. At the time of her appointment to the High Court in 1987, the New South Wales legal magazine Justinian (magazine) published anonymous remarks saying that "a melancholy catalogue of sins of omission and commission as well as the better claims of others" ought to have weighed against her appointment, and that she held "an emotional disposition inappropriate in a holder of judicial office." When she announced her retirement, an anonymous academic said that Gaudron had failed to achieve the expectations set by her supporters, and that among the other High Court Justices, Gaudron was "erratic" and "certainly not among the court's greats." Another anonymous academic said that Gaudron's Labor connections had delivered unearned promotion.
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