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Parents of fraudster Melissa Caddick paid $1M to vacate Edgecliff property
Restructuring & Insolvency 2023-06-05 11:14 pm By Sam Matthews

The parents of deceased fraudster Melissa Caddick will take $950,000 to move out of a multi-million dollar property in Sydney’s East, which will now be sold by receivers.

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Judge finds Ben Roberts-Smith committed war crimes, tosses defamation claims
Defamation 2023-06-01 2:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former SAS corporal Ben Roberts-Smith has lost his defamation case against Nine-owned Fairfax, with a judge finding Thursday it was true that Australia’s most decorated soldier committed civilian murders in Afghanistan.

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Judgment day looms in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case
Defamation 2023-05-25 9:53 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing defamation cases brought by accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith will deliver his long-awaited findings next week, ruling on whether allegations of civilian murder in Afghanistan against the country’s most decorated living soldier are substantially true.

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Ex-commando slams ABC’s ‘nonsensical’ argument against damages in defamation case
Defamation 2023-05-16 1:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former Army major Heston Russell has panned the ABC’s argument that it is not liable to pay damages in his defamation case because he identified himself and was given an opportunity to respond to stories that suggested he was involved in murdering an Afghan prisoner.

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Melissa Caddick’s parents, receivers strike deal over Edgecliff property
White Collar 2023-05-05 4:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The parents and receivers for accused Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick have reached a deal over a multi-million dollar property in Sydney’s East, but the compromise remains to be blessed by out-of-pocket investors.

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ABC drops truth defence in defamation case by ex-commando Heston Russell
Defamation 2023-05-02 3:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The ABC has dropped its truth defence to former Army major Heston Russell’s claims that he was defamed by two articles that suggested that he was involved in murdering an Afghan prisoner.

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$50M settlement approved in NT Stolen Generation class action
Class Actions 2023-04-17 4:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a $50.45 million settlement in a class action by family members and deceased estates of the Northern Territory Stolen Generations. He has also approved a 13 per cent funding commission by way of a common fund order, saying debates about CFOs had become “lost in the label”.

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ABC to rethink truth defence in defamation case by ex-commando Heston Russell
Defamation 2023-03-24 10:05 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has sent the ABC away to rethink its truth defence to claims in a case brought by former Army major Heston Russell that alleges two articles in 2021 defamed him by suggesting among other things that he was involved in murdering an Afghan prisoner.

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Unions win High Court challenge to NSW campaign spending limits
High Court 2023-02-15 10:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The High Court has thrown out laws that banned unions and other third parties from spending more than $20,000 on political campaigns ahead of a New South Wales state election in March.

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Full Court triples ‘manifestly inadequate’ penalty against Employsure
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-02-08 11:34 am By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has won its appeal against Employsure over alleged misleading Google advertisements, with the Full Federal Court upping the penalty against the specialist workplace relations consultancy from $1 million to $3 million.

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