‘Deep sleep therapy’ GP heads back to court as defamation battle enters sixth year

A retrial of Dr John Gill's defamation case is scheduled for July
Dr John Gill
Dr John Gill. Photo: Newspix.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated, including the removal of references to a third trial, to better distinguish between the initial defamation trial, the appeal to the Full Federal Court of Australia, then the retrial scheduled for later this year. 

A GP who worked at Chelmsford Hospital, where a controversial 1970s therapy allegedly caused 23 patient deaths, is heading for a retrial of his defamation case later this year.