The chief of staff to the New South Wales premier has argued a court should not be able to compel him to give evidence before a parliamentary inquiry because it could politicise the justice system.
The court’s power to issue a warrant for someone’s arrest if they defied a state government summons could become “highly political” and “draw the court into an arena it should not be in”, the barrister acting for Chris Minns’ chief of staff, James Cullen, told the NSW court of appeal on Wednesday.
