Campbell’s Bid to Silence Jamie Mcintyre Collapses as Federal Court Reveals Criminal History Was “Substantially Downplayed”
By Jamie Mcintyre
The convictions disclosed by Adrian Campbell appear to be only part of a much longer and deeply troubling history.
Adrian James Campbell’s attempt to silence Jamie McIntyre has spectacularly backfired.
A newly published Federal Court judgment has placed Campbell’s criminal history on an official Australian government website—and recorded that he “substantially downplayed” that history when initially seeking an injunction against McIntyre.
In Campbell v McIntyre (No 2) [2026] FCA 1279, Justice Derrington found that Campbell made significant non-disclosures concerning his residence, the true nature of his claimed financial losses and the extent of his criminal history.
The Court discharged Campbell’s interim injunctions and ordered him to pay 80 per cent of McIntyre’s costs on an indemnity basis. (http://judgments.fedcourt.gov.au)
This was not a minor procedural oversight. Campbell had sworn in his initial affidavit that he had never been prosecuted in Australia for business practices, had never been convicted of a criminal offence and had not been involved in a 2018 case involving fines and compensation.
Those claims did not survive scrutiny.
Campbell forced to correct his evidence
The judgment records that Campbell subsequently filed another affidavit correcting his earlier evidence.
Campbell admitted that on 17 July 2015 he was convicted in Southport Magistrates Court on five Australian Consumer Law charges arising from International Solar Solutions. The offences involved accepting payments and failing to supply the promised goods or services.
Campbell was fined $10,000 and ordered to pay $18,355 in restitution.
The Queensland Office of Fair Trading reported that Campbell and fellow director Simon Gronow were found guilty of wrongly accepting payments from consumers for solar systems that were not supplied or installed as required. (http://judgments.fedcourt.gov.au, http://publications.qld.gov.au)
This was not the isolated misunderstanding Campbell’s original Federal Court affidavit might have led the Court to believe.
The judgment also records that on 12 March 2018 Campbell pleaded guilty to 11 charges of making false or misleading representations in connection with Eco Boss Pty Ltd.
