Pell crashes the High Court's website

As confusion reigned on what the referral to the full bench meant, the servers just buckled under the strain of the strong interest in the case.

Michael PellyLegal editor

Nov 14, 2019 – 12.43pm

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EDITOR'S NOTE: The High Court overturned Cardinal George Pell's conviction for historical child sex offences in a judgment handed down April 7, 2020. In a unanimous decision, all seven High Court judges found Victoria's Court of Appeal should not have upheld Pell's conviction It found the evidence could not support a guilty verdict.

The intense interest in the George Pell appeal decision on Wednesday caused the High Court's website to buckle under the strain.

Michael Pelly is the legal editor, based in our Sydney newsroom. He has been a senior adviser to federal and state attorneys-general and written two books, one a biography of former High Court Chief Justice Murray Gleeson.