Top silk had to take Christian Porter brief under cab rank rule, court hears

Anne Horvath 2022-04-20 8:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne | Sydney

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Former attorney-general Christian Porter has told the Full Court that silk Sue Chrysanthou had to act for him in his defamation action against the ABC over an article airing historical rape allegations, saying she could not refuse the brief simply because a friend of his rape accuser “wishes him ill”.

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