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Daily Mail says Erin Molan’s ‘egregious conduct’ warrants reversal of $150,000 damages award
Defamation 2023-03-02 11:20 pm By Sam Matthews

The Daily Mail has argued that Nine sports presenter Erin Molan should be stripped of a $150,000 defamation damages award because of her history of “seriously egregious conduct” on 2GB’s Continuous Call Team radio show.

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Daily Mail appeals $150,000 Erin Molan defamation judgment
Defamation 2022-09-14 11:48 pm By Sam Matthews

The Daily Mail is appealing a judge’s decision to award Nine sports presenter Erin Molan $150,000 over an article concerning an on-air remark she made about the pronunciation of National Rugby League Polynesian player names.

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Sports presenter Erin Molan wins $150,000 defamation judgment against Daily Mail
Defamation 2022-08-30 11:27 am By Sam Matthews

Nine sports presenter Erin Molan has won a substantial payout from the Daily Mail over an article concerning an on-air remark she made about the pronunciation of National Rugby League Polynesian player names, despite failing to prove the story painted her as a racist.

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Nine wins challenge to production of draft 60 Minutes episode
Defamation 2022-06-08 3:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Nine has won its legal challenge to orders that would have forced it to hand over a draft version of a 60 Minutes episode and restricted it from airing the program after an appeals court found a judge had no power to make the orders.

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The show must not go on: Craig McLachlan drops defamation case
Defamation 2022-05-20 6:13 pm By Sam Matthews

Actor Craig McLachlan has dropped his defamation suit against the ABC, Fairfax and actress Christie Whelan Browne mid-trial just as the defence was due to start its case.

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Eleven women to testify they were harassed by actor Craig McLachlan
Trials 2022-05-10 9:30 pm By Sam Matthews

Eleven women will give evidence of sexually inappropriate behaviour by actor Craig McLachlan in his defamation case against Rocky Horror Show co-star Christie Whelan Browne and publishers ABC and Fairfax, including one actress who worked with him on the set of Neighbours in the late 1980s. 

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Showbiz ‘different to other workplaces’, Craig McLachlan’s lawyer tells court
Defamation 2022-05-09 9:41 pm By Sam Matthews

A parade of actors are expected to take the stand and testify against Craig McLachlan at a trial that kicked off Monday in his defamation case against Rocky Horror Show co-star Christie Whelan Browne and publishers ABC and Fairfax.

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Sunday Telegraph wins defamation case brought by John Ibrahim’s son
Defamation 2022-03-01 6:01 pm By Bianca Hrovat

A judge has thrown out a defamation case brought by the son of infamous Kings Cross personality John Ibrahim against publisher Nationwide News over a “sensationalist and voyeuristic” Sunday Telegraph story.

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Court slams judge’s ‘unsound’ and ‘illogical’ decision to throw out investors’ case over email
Defamation 2022-01-13 9:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two investors have successfully challenged a ruling that threw out their defamation case against a former colleague, with a Federal Court judge saying the primary judge’s findings were “unsound” and “illogical”.

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Tax commissioner defamed accountant Vanda Gould but has valid defence
Defamation 2021-10-25 3:51 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Embattled Sydney accountant Vanda Gould has lost his defamation case against the Commissioner of Taxation, with a court finding Chris Jordan’s defamatory comments constituted a “robust”, but proportional, counter-attack to Gould’s public disparagement of the Australian Tax Office.

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