George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Senator McKim, that is just not the way it works. That is just not the way it works. When you instruct a barrister, you have a discussion with the barrister about the case, and of course Mr Gleeson and I had a discussion about the case. Mr Gleeson in particular, as I said in my detailed statement, had a very strong view that the Commonwealth should argue the Corporations Act point, or be in a position—let me express myself more carefully—to argue the—