Justice Gregory Geason’s case back in court for written submissions

The case involving Justice Gregory Geason, in which he denies assaulting his former partner, went back before the Magistrate on Thursday. The latest.

Justice Gregory Geason arrives Hobart Magistrates Court. Picture: Chris Kidd

Closing written submissions were tendered in Hobart Magistrates Court on Thursday in the high-profile case of Supreme Court Justice Gregory Geason.

Judge Geason, 63, has been charged with common assault, and intimidation and has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.

On Thursday closing written submissions were tendered for consideration by Victorian Deputy Chief Magistrate Susan Wakeling, who was appointed to preside over the case after it was found that all Tasmanian magistrates could not.

The charges against Judge Geason relate to an altercation with a former girlfriend after he allegedly attacked her after viewing a video on her phone that made him jealous.

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has described the 2023 seven-month relationship with Judge Geason as “controlling and coercive”.

The case was heard over seven days in July with the verdict scheduled to be handed down in September.

During the hearing the woman in question gave several days’ of evidence from a remote witness room, alleging Justice Geason struck her to the chest and breasts up to eight times in a jealous rage before pushing her back onto a mantelpiece in his Battery Point home, causing her to “black out”.

An interstate emergency specialist diagnosed her with concussion a few days later.

Later, a forensic medicine specialist said the woman’s bruises were likely the result of an assault, and not self-inflicted or sustained accidentally.

Justice Geason has also denied tracking the woman using technology, subjecting her to hours of “venomous” verbal abuse after he became “nasty” while drinking, and demanding she sign over $300,000 of equity on her home to secure a house in Hobart together.

Witnesses for the defence alleged the woman was a “heavy drinker” who often fell over and hurt herself while under the influence, while Judge Geason’s defence barrister Tom Percy KC said the incident was “unfortunate” but that his client did not attack the complainant and her memory had been impacted after drinking, falling over and hitting her head on the night in question.

When giving evidence in July Justice Geason said “no punches were thrown” on the night in question.