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Luke Sayers’ wife to seek jury trial in defamation, privacy case
The estranged wife of former Carlton Football Club president and ex-chief executive of PricewaterhouseCoopers Luke Sayers wants a jury trial in her case over an alleged defamatory statutory declaration he wrote as part of an investigation into an explicit social media post that led to his resignation from the club.
Rebel Wilson hit with indemnity costs over ditched subpoena fight
A judge has ordered Rebel Wilson to pay indemnity costs after she retracted an application to set aside subpoenaed evidence from Nine Network regarding an appearance on 60 Minutes.
Rebel Wilson loses bid to transfer Charlotte MacInnes defamation case
A Federal Court judge has shot down Rebel Wilson's bid to have a defamation case brought by 'The Deb' lead actress Charlotte MacInnes transferred to the NSW Supreme Court.
Articles about head of Greek Orthodox Church ‘gratuitously derogatory’: court
The publisher of a Greek language news publication must pay $300,000 in damages to the Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia over a series of defamatory articles.
AFR resolves defamation suit by Bird’s Basement owner
Nine's Australian Financial Review has resolved a defamation suit by the owner of Melbourne jazz venue Bird's Basement over articles about a former employee's now discontinued suit.
Rebel Wilson gets new lawyers in ‘The Deb’ defamation cases
New lawyers have stepped in to represent Rebel Wilson in defamation proceedings linked to her film 'The Deb', after the actress fired her lawyers ahead of a planned hearing last week.
Rebel Wilson dumps lawyers in ‘The Deb’ defamation cases
Actress Rebel Wilson has fired lawyers who were representing her in NSW Supreme Court and Federal Court defamation proceedings linked to her film 'The Deb'.
Judge partly bars Rebel Wilson’s US cross-claim over The Deb
A judge has issued an injunction against actress and director Rebel Wilson, partially blocking her cross-claim in US defamation proceedings launched by producers of her film, 'The Deb'.
Bruce Lehrmann knew Higgins did not consent, Full Court says in tossing appeal
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has lost his challenge to a finding that that he raped colleague Brittany Higgins, with an appeals court going further in finding Lehrmann was not just recklessly indifferent to Higgins' consent, but knew she was not consenting and "proceeded nonetheless”.
Nine wants indemnity costs in surgeon Al Muderis’ failed defamation case
Nine wants indemnity costs against celebrity surgeon Munjed Al Muderis, claiming his defamation case over reports critical of his promotion of an experimental procedure, which the court found were substantially true, was an abuse of process.