High Court should leave Pell alone. There’s no unresolved point of law, and no mere judicial disagreement on facts invites special leave
August 26, 2019
George Pell will be doing very well if he succeeds in getting the High Court to grant him leave to appeal after the Victorian Court of Appeal threw out his appeal against his conviction for child sex offences. Pell was convicted by a well- instructed jury; neither side had the slightest complaint about the judge’s instruction to the jury.