A report that made damning findings against Sally Dowling, SC, could not be summarily ignored or derided with intemperate language, a former Bar Association president said.

Legal heavyweights across the country have locked in behind Sally Dowling, SC, before the release of a parliamentary report about her office.

A NSW upper house committee has released a damaging report about Director of Public Prosecutions Sally Dowling, SC. But MPs are divided.

A former DPP and a former judge swung their support behind Sally Dowling, SC, after an explosive upper house inquiry accused her of giving false evidence in parliament.

A former DPP has swung his support behind Sally Dowling, SC, after an explosive upper house inquiry accused her of giving false evidence in parliament.

A controversial NSW upper house inquiry found the DPP gave false evidence in parliament, which she denies, and called for a parliamentary oversight committee for her office.

A report that made damning findings against Sally Dowling, SC, could not be summarily ignored or derided with intemperate language, a former Bar Association president said.