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HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

KIEFEL CJ,

BELL, GAGELER, KEANE, NETTLE, GORDON AND EDELMAN JJ


GEORGE PELL
APPLICANT

AND

THE QUEEN
RESPONDENT

Pell v The Queen
[2020] HCA 12
Date of Hearing: 11 & 12 March 2020
Date of Judgment: 7 April 2020
M112/2019

ORDER

1. Special leave to appeal granted.

2. Appeal treated as instituted and heard instanter and allowed.

3. Set aside order 2 of the orders of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria made on 21 August 2019 and, in its place order that:

(a) the appeal be allowed; and
(b) the appellant's convictions be quashed and judgments of acquittal be entered in their place.

On appeal from the Supreme Court of Victoria

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