Former magistrate Peter Maley granted certificate to return to work as lawyer
The NT Territory Law Society has granted former magistrate Peter Maley a practising certificate, meaning it found him to be a fit and proper person and he can return to private practice.
Mr Maley resigned from the bench in August after 11 months in the job.
The Opposition's shadow attorney-general, Michael Gunner, used parliamentary privilege last month to accuse Mr Maley of offering a client access to secret government documents for a $10,000 donation to the Country Liberals in 2008.
Mr Maley has repeatedly denied the claim and renewed his call for Mr Gunner and Opposition Leader Delia Lawrie to withdraw it.
"The allegations are untrue that were made under parliamentary privilege by Michael Gunner and Delia Lawrie and I invite them to step outside Parliament, say it in public or they can apologise."
Mr Maley said he was happy to return to work as a defence lawyer after the Law Society granted him a practising certificate.
"It's an application I made last week. It went through due process and I was granted an unrestricted certificate," he said.
"Things are going OK, I'm talking out talking to people, trying to get some clients in and working hard. I'm happy to be here, I'm happy to be back in business."
Mr Maley served as a Country Liberals politician in the Northern Territory Parliament from 2001 to 2005.
