'Judge shopping' barrister John Peter Hart loses appeal against sentence for perverting course of justice

By Michaela Whitbourn
Updated May 4 2016 - 9:13am, first published 9:01am
Barrister John Peter Hart arrives at the ICAC in Sydney in 2009. Photo: Jon Reid
Barrister John Peter Hart arrives at the ICAC in Sydney in 2009. Photo: Jon Reid

A former Sydney barrister investigated by the corruption watchdog for giving false evidence and "judge-shopping" has lost an appeal against his jail sentence for perverting the course of justice.