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New Zealand judge who is paid £500,000 a year to lead Britain's child abuse inquiry spent THREE months out of the country in her first year on the job

• New Zealand high court judge drafted in to head UK child abuse inquiry
  
• It emerged today she spent more than two months abroad or on holiday
  
• Inquiry spokesman has insisted she is 'on call' even when she is overseas
  

By RICHARD SPILLETT FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 07:58, 4 August 2016 | UPDATED: 02:49, 5 August 2016

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The judge leading a wide-ranging inquiry into child abuse in the UK spent more than 70 days of her first year in the role abroad or on holiday.
Dame Lowell Goddard, a New Zealand high court judge, was appointed to lead the inquiry following the resignation of two previous chairwomen.
It was reported today that, during her first 12 months in the £500,000-a-year role, she spent 44 working days abroad and 30 days on annual leave.
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Dame Lowell Goddard spent 70 days abroad during her first year heading an abuse inquiry


The inquiry was set up in 2014 amid claims of an establishment cover-up following allegations that a paedophile ring operated in Westminster in the 1980s.

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An inquiry spokesman told The Times: 'The chair spent 44 working days in New Zealand and Australia on inquiry business in the first financial year of the inquiry. In addition she is entitled to 30 days' annual leave.
'We do not comment on where people working for the inquiry spend their annual leave. The chair is always on call and in direct contact with the inquiry team.'


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A spokesman for her inquiry insisted she is always on call even when working abroad

The inquiry has been beset by delays and controversies since it was first announced by the then home secretary Theresa May.
Baroness Butler-Sloss, stood down in July 2014 amid questions over the role played by her late brother, Lord Havers, who was attorney general in the 1980s.
Her replacement Dame Fiona Woolf resigned following a barrage of criticism over her 'establishment links', most notably in relation to former home secretary Leon Brittan, who died in 2015.
Mrs May officially reconstituted the probe under Justice Goddard in March 2015 and placed it on a statutory footing, meaning it has the power to compel witnesses to give evidence.
The inquiry's terms of reference say that its purpose includes considering 'the extent to which state and non-state institutions have failed in their duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation'. It covers England and Wales.

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PS, Theresa May appointed all three. The first two resigned when it became clear they should have recused themselves due to personal involvement with potential defendants (who contracted rigor mortis).