Corruption in High Places

This is a remarkable account of how corruption in the courts can occur and how some of it was thwarted and finally exposed by the testimony of Clarrie Briese, NSW Chief Magistrate, supported by that of District Court Judge Paul Flannery.

Briese provides a detailed analysis of how High Court Justice Lionel Murphy and District Court Judge John Foord approached him and Flannery in the early 1980s with a view to perverting the course of justice in relation to criminal charges against Murphy's friend, solicitor Morgan Ryan.

His stance has never wavered despite vigorous attacks on him by people such as NSW Premier Wran and Malcolm Turnbull in their public defence of Murphy.

Fresh evidence is also revealed showing that the tentacles of corruption extended to include Wran.