A Supreme Court judge has upheld a decision to award $90,000 in compensation to a teacher who was sacked after entering into a romantic relationship with a former student. Jon Martin, 59, was sacked from Padua College in 2013, after the college’s principal was told he was having an affair with former 18-year-old student Samantha Anderson. Mr Martin, who taught at the school for 17 years, filed a complaint with the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT), which found the school had discriminated against him. School administrators appealed the decision but on Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Greg Garde upheld the VCAT ruling.
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