Three appeal judges have delivered a split decision in underworld figure Tony Mokbel's fight to quash his drug convictions.

The 60-year-old looked straight ahead as Victorian Court of Appeal justices Stephen McLeish, Maree Kennedy and Stephen Kaye handed down their decision this morning.

He was seeking to overturn drug trafficking and importation convictions on three separate cases - known as Orbital, Magnum and Quills.

The court ruled the appeal on the Quills brief was allowed, with the charges set aside and Mokbel acquitted.

But he will face a re-trial on the Orbital charges, while he lost his appeal on the Magnum brief.

Mokbel had claimed he suffered a substantial miscarriage of justice because of barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo.

Gobbo was registered as a Victoria Police in

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