The Australian Grand Prix Corporation is being sued for more than $8 million for the snap cancellation of a performance by British pop star Robbie Williams as part of the axed 2020 Formula 1 event.
A live music touring company says an 11-word text message from then-chief health officer Brett Sutton proves they did not have to cancel a costly grand prix concert featuring Robbie Williams on the cusp of the coronavirus crisis, the Supreme Court has heard.for more than $8 million for the snap cancellation of a performance by British pop star Robbie Williams as part of the 2020 Formula One event in Melbourne.
In the first day of an 11-day trial on Monday, the Supreme Court heard concert promoters would have pressed ahead with the March 14 concert if they had known the true nature of Sutton’s advice, as bans on mass gatherings of more than 500 people did not come into effect until the following Monday. “The defendant contends that it did accurately pass on that information. We contend that it did not,” De Young said in his opening remarks.The court heard that in a teleconference about 2pm on March 13, former Grand Prix chief executive Andrew Westacott told the music promoters the grand prix had received a “blanket directive” from the chief health officer that the entire grand prix event either needed to be cancelled or held without patrons, according to a transcript seen by the court.
But the Grand Prix’s barrister, Gerard Dalton, KC, argued it would have been “impossible” to hold the concert with thousands of attendees, when the race event itself had already been cancelled by F1 organisers and the race and concert were treated the same.
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