Geoffrey Robertson poses the dilemma of reconciling civil liberties and professional duties with the prosecution of criminals and the demand of justice. In this episode Australia's top lawyers wrestle with tough ethical dilemmas in a celebrated "murder trial". The Melbourne Cup favourite is found to be ailing, his trusty stable girl has disappeared, his trainer arrested; a suspect is on the run, and blood is on the straw. A group of panellists debate
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Filmed at Melbourne Concert Hall during the Australian Legal Convention, August 1985
Credits
Director: Stephen Jones, Executive producer: Ken Chown
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Exempt from classification
DVD-R. Region unspecified
Available to Deakin University staff and students only