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'''Colin Lovitt''' is a [[Queen's Counsel]] in [[Australia]]. He is most famous for defending [[Greg Domaszewicz]] and for getting in trouble for calling magistrate [[Bruce Zahner]] a 'cretin'. |
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'''Colin Lovitt''' was a [[Queen's Counsel]] in [[Australia]]. He was known for defending [[Greg Domaszewicz]] and for getting in trouble for calling magistrate Bruce Zahner a 'cretin'.<ref name="urlCretin crack costs bully silk $10,000 - National - www.theage.com.au">{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/12/1063341777507.html |title=Cretin crack costs 'bully' silk $10,000 - National - www.theage.com.au |work= The Age|accessdate=2008-12-24 | location=Melbourne |date=2003-09-13}}</ref> He represented Sudo Cavkic, charged with the murder of [[Keith William Allan]], at the long-running second trial in 2006 that resulted in a hung jury, and at the similarly long third trial in 2007 when Cavkic was convicted. In the [[Hancock case]], he defended Grame "Slim" Slater. |
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Colin Lovitt died 10 January 2021.<ref>[https://www.perthnow.com.au/lifestyle/victorian-barrister-colin-lovitt-qc-dies-ng-s-2044926 Victorian barrister Colin Lovitt QC dies] Karen Sweeney, AAP - Perth Now 11 January 2021</ref> |
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[[Category:Living people|Lovitt, Colin]] |
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== References == |
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[[Category:Year of birth missing|Lovitt, Colin]] |
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== External links == |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050127192610/http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/people/Transcripts/s1132971.htm ''George Negus Tonight'' interview] |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090418212113/http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,25180621-948,00.html ''Police consider civil action on Matt Butcher verdict'' Colin Lovitt gets offending family off] |
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[[Category:Australian King's Counsel]] |
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[[Category:Melbourne Law School alumni]] |
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[[Category:Year of birth missing]] <!--aged 75 in 2020?; cited article mentioning his death is dated Jan. 2021; born about 1945?--> |
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Latest revision as of 03:30, 10 September 2023
Colin Lovitt was a Queen's Counsel in Australia. He was known for defending Greg Domaszewicz and for getting in trouble for calling magistrate Bruce Zahner a 'cretin'.[1] He represented Sudo Cavkic, charged with the murder of Keith William Allan, at the long-running second trial in 2006 that resulted in a hung jury, and at the similarly long third trial in 2007 when Cavkic was convicted. In the Hancock case, he defended Grame "Slim" Slater.
Colin Lovitt died 10 January 2021.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cretin crack costs 'bully' silk $10,000 - National - www.theage.com.au". The Age. Melbourne. 13 September 2003. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
- ^ Victorian barrister Colin Lovitt QC dies Karen Sweeney, AAP - Perth Now 11 January 2021
External links
[edit]- George Negus Tonight interview
- Police consider civil action on Matt Butcher verdict Colin Lovitt gets offending family off
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