Baden-Clay timeline

April 20, 2012 - Allison Baden-Clay reported missing by husband Gerard from their Brisbane home

April 30, 2012 - Her body is found on a creek bank 13km from the home

June 13, 2012 - Real estate agent Gerard Baden-Clay charged with murder and interfering with a corpse

July 15, 2014 - Jury finds him guilty after six-week trial. An appeal is filed two days later

Aug 7, 2015 - Appeal is heard in Queensland's Court of Appeal

Dec 8, 2015 - Murder conviction is downgraded to manslaughter as appeals court rules it could not be proved beyond reasonable doubt Gerard intended to kill his wife

Jan 4, 2016 - The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) files a High Court application to reinstate murder charge

Feb 22, 2016 - Baden-Clay's legal team says appeal against downgraded charge raises "no question of law of public importance"

May 12, 2016 - The High Court grants special leave to appeal the substituted manslaughter conviction

Jul 26, 2016 - The High Court hears the appeal in Brisbane

Aug 31, 2016 - The High Court upholds the appeal, reinstating Baden-Clay's murder conviction