Andrew Forrest lawyer hails breakthrough in battle with Facebook
The social media giant wants to delay a legal battle with the ACCC while it deals with criminal charges instigated by iron ore billionaire Andrew Forrest over crypto scams.
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The social media giant wants to delay a legal battle with the ACCC while it deals with criminal charges instigated by iron ore billionaire Andrew Forrest over crypto scams.
Fridayâs judgment was arguably more of an academic exercise in whether to record a retrial or an acquittal next to Mokbelâs name. The Tony Mokbel infamous arrest shot in Greece. His legal team, led by Bret Walker, SC, had argued for an acquittal to be entered into the record because Mokbel would never receive a fair retrial because of the amount of publicity the case had received. Ordering a retrial, the lawyer argued, would undermine the publicâs confidence in the integrity of the criminal justice system. But the court, in a majority ruling from justices David Beach and Robert...
Fridayâs judgment was arguably more of an academic exercise in whether to record a retrial or an acquittal next to Mokbelâs name. The Tony Mokbel infamous arrest shot in Greece. His legal team, led by Bret Walker, SC, had argued for an acquittal to be entered into the record because Mokbel would never receive a fair retrial because of the amount of publicity the case had received. Ordering a retrial, the lawyer argued, would undermine the publicâs confidence in the integrity of the criminal justice system. But the court, in a majority ruling from justices David Beach and Robert...