Qld govt wins bikie bail stoush in court THE Queensland government has won its battle against a Supreme Court justice who rejected its attempt to return an alleged Bandido bikie to jail. The Court of Appeal ruled that Justice George Fryberg erred a fortnight ago when he froze the government's bid to revoke bail for Jarrod Kevin Anthony Brown because of comments made by premier Campbell Newman. Justice Fryberg said there was a risk the public could perceive any decision he made as having been influenced by Mr Newman. The premier was quoted in media reports urging judges to act within community expectations. The crown appealed the decision in the Court of Appeal on Friday. "The primary judge erred in ordering that the applicant be stayed and in failing to determine the application properly brought before him," the Court of Appeal's Justice Margaret McMurdo, Justice John Muir and Justice Catherine Holmes wrote in their conclusion. Assuming that the premier's remarks were made as reported, they were not such as would lead a reasonable member of the Queensland public to think that any judicial officer would fail to be true to his or her oath or affirmation of office in consequence of them. Earlier in court, Solicitor-general Walter Sofronoff QC argued that it wasn't established in court that Mr Newman was referring specifically to the case and Justice Fryberg erred by inferring that. He said people should be allowed to make lawful comments about court proceedings, otherwise "that would have a chilling effect upon public discourse." But Brown's barrister John Allen said if Justice Fryberg proceeded with the case with the cloud over the court, there was a very real risk that the public could perceive the court was influenced by the Crown. "If in fact the members of the executive are free to say anything they want about the outcome of court proceedings, the court must be free to react in the way it sees appropriate and necessary to protect the integrity of the court," he said. If it remained mute and failed to protect itself, then ... the power of the executive government would be enhanced and the independence of the judicial arm damaged. Brown is accused of taking part in the Gold Coast brawl that sparked the government's new bikie laws.