A ruling due on 11 November in the case against a doctor accused of issuing vaccine-exemption certificates has been postponed to 3 December. She asked for new lawyers and permission to reopen the case.
The prosecution alleges that she dishonestly accessed a government computer in connection with more than 12,000 certificates and committed money laundering. She and her husband also face joint money-laundering charges.
The doctor told the court that her former legal team had not presented evidence favourable to the defence. The judge said she had expressed dissatisfaction with her lawyers well before the application; closing submissions had ended on 31 March, about seven and a half months earlier.
The judge gave her three weeks to find a lawyer, saying she would otherwise have to represent herself. Her husband will represent himself.