Career

His notable cases include:

Cheatle v The Queen (1993) 177 CLR 541, case which determined that there is an implied right in the Australian Constitution that a jury verdict for Federal crimes must be unanimous. Borick argued against the conviction on the basis that Human Immunodeficiency Virus doesn"t cause Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The judge found otherwise. Henry Keogh, convicted of the 1994 murder of his fiancée, who was found dead in a bathtub.

Borick argued that she hadn"t drowned, but had died from some other, unknown cause.

Keogh had bought insurance policies on his victim, forging her signature. Borick argued that lots of people sign their partner"s names on insurance policies.

Raymond Frederick Ayles, an Anglican priest convicted of sexually abusing a 14-year-old altar boy. Borick appealed, saying that the priest was "genuinely in love" with the boy, and that that needed to be taken into accountant