Lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah denied there was a conspiracy between him and lawyers from law firm Zaid Ibrahim Sufian TH Liew & Partners to delay the hearing of Najib Abdul Razak’s SRC appeal hearing last year.

During today’s apex court hearing of the former prime minister’s review application to quash his guilty verdict as well as a 12-year jail term and RM210 million fine, Shafee (above) orally submitted that it was...