Gerry Harvey branded the legal system unjust. It has come back to bite him
“That is a distinguishing feature between the two defendants, relatedly, the defendants have also exhibited a different level of contrition,” O’Bryan said. I’ve got to play along with it,” he told this masthead at the time. “The whole legal system is completely f---ed in Australia.”O’Bryan said that taking into account those considerations had led him to decide more significant penalties for Harvey Norman.
- ▪“That is a distinguishing feature between the two defendants, relatedly, the defendants have also exhibited a different level of contrition,” O’Bryan said.
- ▪I’ve got to play along with it,” he told this masthead at the time.
- ▪“The whole legal system is completely f---ed in Australia.”O’Bryan said that taking into account those considerations had led him to decide more significant penalties for Harvey Norman.
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| Canonical URL | https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/gerry-harvey-branded-the-legal-system-unjust-it-has-come-back-to-bite-him-20260728-p60j6a.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed |
| Publication time | Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:38:39 +1000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-28T02:43:20.581Z |
| Last seen | 2026-07-28T02:43:20.581Z |
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