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A legal bid by former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian to overturn findings she engaged in corruption will be heard as quickly as possible. Berejiklian is challenging findings by the Independent Commission Against Corruption that she engaged in serious corrupt conduct by breaching public trust and refusing to report a secret relationship with her then-lover, Liberal MP Daryl Maguire.
and its findings after the corruption watchdog took more than 18 months to publish its final report following the last public hearing. A hearing date will be set down in February or March next year once legal counsels’ availability has been confirmed. Berejiklian has retained high-profile barrister Bret Walker SC to argue that
also said there was insufficient evidence to prove the accusations to the criminal standard. The commission stopped short of recommending criminal charges against the 53-year-old former premier, citing “formidable” obstacles to prosecution. Berejiklian also claimed former judge Ruth McColl, who was appointed assistant commissioner to help with the inquiry, did not have the authority to prepare the
extended the time she had to work on the report as a consultant until the 688-page document was released in June this year. Because of her change in position, McColl did not have any authority to compile the report and release it, Berejiklian’s summons argued. On Monday, Berejiklian’s barrister Henry Cooper said the former premier had requested documents from
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