FACS accused of lying about abuse documents being destroyed in blaze
The Daily Telegraph – COMMUNITY services have been accused of lying for years that crucial documents were destroyed in a blaze before detectives found them intact in just a day. Read more
Joanne Young v Josephine Smith – Contempt [2017] NSWSC 1443
In this matter Greg Walsh acted for Joanne Young (Plantiff) JUDGMENT 1 On 2 August 2016, the Contemnor, Ms Josephine Aapa Smith was found guilty of contempt of Court. The Court, as presently constituted, held that on 2 February 2015 the Contemnor dealt with property located at Wharf B, Level 5, Apartment 14, 56-56A Pirrama […]
Louise Thomson has been slammed by a court for running up legal costs
A multimillion-dollar breakup involving a wealthy hotelier has claimed another scalp as his trustee in bankruptcy is left with a $350,000 legal bill. Louise Thomson has been slammed by a court for running up legal costs and her own fees of hundreds of thousands of dollars when she didn’t need to while administering the bankrupt […]
HUGHES v THE QUEEN [2017] HCA 20 (14 June 2017)
Robert Hughes was a well-known actor who had, for many years, appeared in the series of ‘Hey Dad’. He was charged with a number of sexual offences and Greg Walsh represented him as his Trial Counsel. The Appellant was convicted of all but one (1) of the counts against him, being 11 counts of sexual […]
The Queen v Adam Filippone [2016] NTS C67 (24 March 2017)
Greg Walsh acted for Adam Filippone (‘The Accused”) who was charged with murdering Peter Wayne Murphy (“The Deceased”) on 17 August 2008. In the alterative, he was charged with one count of assisting Gregory Alan Russell (“Russell”), who had committed the murder in order to enable Russell to escape prosecution. Russell committed suicide on 7 […]
Barbanera v Barbabera Anors: Estate of the late Antonio Barbanera [2017] NSWSC 357
John Barbanera is the oldest son of Antonio Barbanera and Maria Barbanera. Antonio died on 3 1 October 2014 and Maria November 2009. John has three younger siblings Nunzia, Peter and Angela. Angela died in April 2015 and is survived by her husband Nick and their only child Giuliana. John was excluded from his father’s […]
R V Adam Filippone – [2017] SCNT
Adam Filippone was charged with murder and being accessory after the fact of murder arising from the death of Peter Murphy on Sunday 17 August 2008. Greg Walsh represented Adam Filippone in the successfully defence of these charges which were heard over five (5) weeks in a trial conducted in the Supreme Court of the […]