CANBERRA (AUSTRALIA)
The Guardian
March 12, 2020
By Melissa Davey
Judges ask for further written submissions which the bench will consider before delivering their decision at a date yet to be determined
Melissa Davey
The full bench of the high court in Canberra has reserved its decision about whether to grant Cardinal George Pell special leave to appeal his case for a final time, after listening to two days of arguments from his barrister and the prosecution.
The seven judges asked for further written submissions from the legal parties and have given them two business days to deliver. The bench will then consider those materials before returning to deliver their decision at a date yet to be determined. Once they return to court, if the court does grant special leave, the bench may then immediately decide whether to accept the arguments from Pell’s team and acquit him, or they could dismiss the appeal in which case the verdict would hold.
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