Banksia silk’s refusal to give evidence while seeking to reopen defence ‘inexcusable’, judge says

Class Actions 2021-03-24 4:56 pm By Christine Caulfield | Melbourne

Allowing former senior barrister Norman O’Bryan to reopen his defence in the Banksia class action while “avoiding the witness box” was clearly prejudicial, and futile to boot, a judge has said in his reasons for refusing the silk’s last-minute application.