Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson flouts 'radical' directive from George Brandis

By Michaela Whitbourn
Updated October 14 2016 - 10:18pm, first published 6:17pm
Attorney-General Senator George Brandis fronts the Senate inquiry on Friday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Attorney-General Senator George Brandis fronts the Senate inquiry on Friday. Photo: Andrew Meares

The government's top legal adviser says he will ignore a "radical" directive from Attorney-General George Brandis that prevents him giving advice directly to ministers and government departments, in the latest front in an escalating war between the country's two most senior lawyers.

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