Claim 474

The High Court found the search warrant used against Smethurst was invalid because it failed to specify the offense under investigation.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The High Court found the search warrant used against Smethurst was invalid because it failed to specify the offense under investigation.
Field: occurred_on
Value: 2020-04-15
About: incident 2020-australia-high-court-invalidates-smethurst-warrant
Source: Charges against News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst still possible after High Court throws out AFP warrant
Publisher: ABC News (Australia)
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2020-04-15

Quotation from the source

the warrant was invalid because it failed to specify the offence being investigated.