CARDINAL PELL: Locating the golden thread*

by Greg Smith SC

I was privileged to witness with my brother John the two days of legal argument in the High Court in March this year. It was a familiar battleground for me, as I had appeared there 10 times, as either leading counsel or junior counsel, before my resignation from the New South Wales DPP and election as Member for Epping in the NSW Parliament in 2007.

The High Court is the final appellate court in the Australian legal system. It is the final interpreter of the Constituti…

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