Third CBL accused to appeal suppression ruling

Third CBL accused to appeal suppression ruling
The third CBL accused's trial will be held in 2022.
Victoria Young
The third person to be charged by the Serious Fraud Office in relation to CBL Corporation will appeal a decision allowing media to name him.BusinessDesk cannot yet name the man who was charged – after Peter Harris and Carden Mulholland – in relation to the collapse of the insurer once valued at $747 million.Justice Geoffrey Venning ruled on May 28 the name of the third person to face SFO charges should not remain secret.But the accused’s lawyer John Billington QC said he will appeal the judgment which means he cannot be named....

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