Legal cases

Pape participated in four inquiries into major aircraft accidents in Australia:

• In the inquiry into the 1946 Australian National Airways DC-3 crash, Pape juniored to Dr E.G. Coppel KC who represented Australian National Airways, the aircraft operator.^[5][6]
• In the inquiry into the 1948 Australian National Airways DC-3 crash, Pape represented Australian National Airways, the aircraft operator.^[7][8]
• In the inquiry into the 1949 MacRobertson Miller Aviation DC-3 crash, Pape represented MacRobertson Miller Aviation, the aircraft operator.^[9][10]
• In the inquiry into the 1950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash, Pape represented Australian National Airways, the aircraft operator.^[11][12][13]

In 1952 the state of Victoria challenged the power of the Commonwealth of Australia to impose uniform taxation law. The state government retained four counsel – Henry Winneke,^{[Note 2]} Garfield Barwick, Douglas Menzies and George Pape.^[14][15]

In the aftermath of the Petrov Affair in 1954, Prime Minister Robert Menzies established the Royal Commission on espionage.^[16] Pape was one of two counsel retained to assist the Chief Counsel for the Commonwealth.^{[Note 3][17]}