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Immunity witness in Australian criminal-cartel trial must hand over tax records, court rules

By James Panichi ( March 3, 2021, 02:15 GMT | Insight) -- A key witness in Australia's first criminal-cartel trial will be forced to hand over tax records, following a court ruling today that focused on whether it was fair that an individual and a company that had signed an immunity deal with prosecutors should be directly targeted by defense lawyers. The decision by Federal Court of Australia Judge Robert Bromwich means defense lawyers in the Country Care jury trial can proceed with a request for tax and business information targeting "immunized" witnesses Andrew Cuddihy and his company, Patient Handling. A key witness in Australia's first criminal-cartel trial will be forced to hand over tax records, following a court ruling today that focused on whether it was fair that an individual and a company that had signed an immunity deal with prosecutors should be directly targeted by defense lawyers. ...

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