Professor Don Barry:

Yes. In accordance with the processes of the university, the first step is to carry out an investigation of the claim, which we immediately did when we received the complaint. The investigation was carried out by an independent external party. The report of the investigator was that there was no evidence of any physical threat by their colleague and that in the investigator's opinion the complaint made was malicious. As is their right, persons B and C appealed the finding of the investigation and the university appointed a barrister to hear the appeal. The barrister upheld the finding of the investigator. This meant that we moved from a complaint about B and C being physically threatened by a colleague to B and C having allegedly made complaints against their colleague with malicious intent, which was another very serious matter. We began the disciplinary process to deal with that finding, but it never got off the ground.