High Court lends weight to academic freedom despite Peter Ridd losing appeal against dismissal
- Written by: Bill John Swannie, Lecturer in College of Law and Justice, Victoria University
The High Court has upheld the decision of James Cook University to terminate the employment of controversial physicist Professor Peter Ridd. The court ruled on Wednesday that a clause in the JCU enterprise agreement protecting “intellectual freedom” did not prohibit Ridd’s dismissal for breaching the university’s code of...




















