Editor’s Note:
Never say die! Julian never gives up, especially when battling injustice since Duntroon 1987.
Unlike the vexatious slur that both media and courts have labelled Julian Knight’s many legal battles, this particular case is NOT another case he had brought legally. Rather, it’s just more of the very same legal battle – the DODGY ‘DART‘ SAGA which Julian Knight has been fighting on and off since 2013 – some twelve years prior! So it;s not vexatious to fight the same serious claim for ADF Abuse compensation by the perpetrating authority – ultimately the Australian Government – in law, the ‘Commonwealth of Australia’).
This has nothing to do with being “vexatious”. But it has to do with Mr Knight’s same legitimate serious claim for reparations for the Australia Defence Force (ADF) Abuse, such reparations as offered as financial compensation (and supposedly victim counselling, which never eventuated) formally offered to Australia Defence Force victims like Julian back in 2013 by the Australian Government.
Mr Knight’s ADF Abuse that he suffered and endured at Duntroon in 1987 as an Army Officer staff cadet just before Hoddle Street, has been well documented and proven with copious legal evidence. That evidence was formally submitted by Mr Knight in his ‘Personal Account’ document of 95 pages (plus 13 attachments) to the Australian Government’s Defence Abuse Taskforce (the DART) as part of his reparations claim, detailed ten incidents of verbal and physical abuse he was subjected to by senior cadets at Duntroon.
Appropriately, Mr Knight claimed the maximum reparation amount offered by the Australian Government which was $100,000 under its Defence Abuse Reparations Scheme (DARS).
However in Mr Knight’s case since 2013, the Australian Government (which ultimately owns and runs RMC Duntroon) and its dodgy DART have behind the scenes been prejudiced against Mr Knight, and corruptly and systemically involved in political and bureaucratic collusion and interference to undermine his due justice.
This is some background to Mr Knight’s case appeal to the DFO of 2024:
Legal Document 1: Knight’s application to the Federal Court
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Open in new tab Legal Document 2: Knight’s Affidavit (supporting his application)
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Legal Document 3: DFO David Fintan’s rejection of Knight’s application outright
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Legal Document 4: Knight’s objection to the DFO David Fintan’s ruling
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Legal Document 5: KNIGHT v Defence Force Ombudsman [2014] FCA 4474 (VID 364 of 2023) Button J
Date of Judgment: 9 May 2024
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Legal Document 6: KNIGHT v Defence Force Ombudsman [2014] FCA – DFO’s Outline of Submissions (VID 1299 of 2024)
Date of Submission by Respondent (DFO): 12-May-2025
Date of Hearing: 3-Jun-2025
Date of Judgment: (pending)
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Knight’s not the only former Australian soldier battling the legal system…
Ben Roberts-Smith is appealing the Federal Court’s decision in May 2025 to the High Court of Australia.