Professor Kim Walker, the controversial head of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, has ended her seven-year reign as head of Australia's most prestigious Conservatorium by initiating legal proceedings against her employers, the University of Sydney. Her suit, lodged with the Supreme Court in the State of New South Wales (of which Sydney is the Capital), is seeking several million dollars damages for alleged damage to her reputation and compensation for loss of future earnings. In the course of her tenure, Walker has had to defend herself against allegations of plagiarism (2007), and misrepresenting her qualifications (2009).