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The Henry Keogh Homepage

Authors of this page: Dr Robert N Moles and Bibi Sangha

Go to: A state of Injustice - table of contents
Go to: Losing Their Grip - The Case of Henry Keogh - table of contents

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Go here for the media reports on the Keogh case
Go here for complaints to the Medical Board
Go here for notes and background forensic documents

Pictures by Henry Keogh

Old Man
Beggar

Application to Re-Open the Appeal against conviction

16 November 2007 - High Court - rejecting application for special leave to appeal
Submissions and judgments - application to High Court reopen the appeal
22 June 2007 R v Keogh [2007] SASC 226 Judgment: Supreme Court of South Australia rejecting application

Third Petition - August 2003 - August 2006

After the 2nd Petition was rejected, the Attorney-General explained his actions in the Parliament.
Upon realising that his reasons for rejecting the Petition were in error, Mr Keogh's lawyers submitted this Third Petition, asking that the Second Petition be re-considered
. Third Petition - August 2003 Part One - Part Two

Submissions to the Solicitor-General in relation to the Petitions
The Third Petition was referred to the Solicitor-General Mr Chris Kourakis.
It became necessary to supplement the complaints in the Second Petition with extensive and detailed further submissions
See the very extensive submissions which have been made in support of the Petition.
It took the Solicitor-General a further 3 years before recommending that the Petition be rejected
Compare this with the Petition of Frits Van Beelen who had his Petition considered within a few weeks and dealt with by the Court within three months.

10 August 2006 The Govt briefs the media on the rejection of Keogh's Petition
Comments on the media release - spells out the errors of the AG (or Acting AG) - who rejected the wrong Petition

Second Petition - August 2002 - August 2006

This is the main petition submitted by Henry Keogh. It sets out all of the shortcomings at his trial. It was rejectd in Decemeber 2002
Second Petition - August 2002 Part One - Part Two

Keogh v The Queen - Application for Special Leave to Appeal to the High Court - October 1997

The application was rejected - transcript here

First Petition - December 1996

Petition available here

Keogh v The Queen - Second Appeal to the Supreme Court - May 1997

Appeal rejected - judgment here

Keogh v The Queen - First Appeal to the Supreme Court - December 1995

Judgment of the court rejecting the appeal

Background Information

Go here for briefing papers on this and other cases

Academic and Professional Journal articles

January 2007 - Global Forensics Journal
Andrew Ross of Ferrier Hodgson discusses witness immunity and the cases of Griffiths v Ballard NSW and James v Medical Board SA and Henry Keogh
Allens, Arthur Robinson Journal November 2006
In this edition of the journal, Alana Petty and Gary Lo discuss the case of James v Medical Board of SA and Henry Keogh

Related commentaries by Dr Bob Moles on related medical and legal issues

The Role and Function of the Expert Witness
Issues Relating to Allergies and Anaphylaxis
Pathology References and Codes of Practice
Diagnostics of Drowning Cases
Sudden Adult Deaths

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