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Nine settles defamation case by former MP Andrew Laming
Defamation 2022-09-14 10:26 am By Cindy Cameronne

Nine Network has apologised to former member for Bowman, Andrew Laming, over a news segment that accused him of taking a lewd photograph, having struck a confidential settlement after the broadcaster dropped all defences to the politician’s defamation case.

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Silk warned by judge not to get ‘carried away’ in defamation case by bank boss Peter Schiff
Defamation 2022-08-04 11:56 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has cautioned senior barrister Sue Chrysanthou over her colourful description of a 60 Minutes episode at the heart of Euro Pacific Bank boss Peter Schiff’s defamation case against Nine, urging the silk to “be careful”.

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HarperCollins wants High Court to reawaken deep sleep defamation case
Defamation 2022-07-27 1:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Publisher HarperCollins has filed a special leave application with the High Court seeking to challenge a decision that revived a defamation case by a psychiatrist over a book covering the controversial deep sleep therapy at the Chelmsford Private Hospital in the 1970s.

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Christian Porter loses appeal after silk barred from acting in defamation case
Legal Ethics 2022-07-14 2:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former Attorney-General Christian Porter has lost his challenge to a ruling that barred silk Sue Chrysanthou from representing him in his now-settled defamation lawsuit against the ABC over its coverage of historical rape allegations.

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‘What are solicitors doing writing press releases?’ Tolga Kumova trial judge asks
Trials 2022-07-07 4:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has questioned why solicitors representing Twitter personality Stock Swami published a media release about his “backstory” two days before trial in a defamation case brought by mining investor Tolga Kumova.

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Tolga Kumova’s tweets ‘clearly apt to mislead’, judge says
Trials 2022-07-06 7:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge overseeing a defamation case brought by Tolga Kumova against Twitter personality Stock Swami has said tweets the mining investor published which allegedly spruiked shares in which he invested were “clearly apt to mislead”.

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No smoking gun, but Stock Swami likely to face contempt charge
Defamation 2022-07-05 4:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mining investor Tolga Kumova is “likely” to go after Twitter personality Stock Swami for contempt of court after he admitted he lied and withheld evidence in a defamation case, despite a judge saying there was “no smoking gun”.

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Seven wins access to CCTV footage in defamation case by Jarryd Hayne supporter
Media 2022-07-04 6:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A man who says he was falsely accused by a Seven journalist of spitting at an alleged rape victim of rugby league footballer Jarryd Hayne must hand over key CCTV footage he claims vindicates him in his defamation suit against Seven.

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Stock Swami admits he lied to Tolga Kumova’s lawyers in defamation trial
Defamation 2022-07-01 2:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Twitter personality Alan Davison, who runs the account Stock Swami, has admitted he misled lawyers for mining investor Tolga Kumova and deliberately failed to obey court orders for discovery in cross-examination during a defamation trial. 

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Stock Swami flies to Sydney for cross on ‘deficient’ discovery in Kumova trial
Trials 2022-06-29 1:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The man behind the Stock Swami Twitter account is flying to Sydney for cross-examination after a judge halted a trial in mining investor Tolga Kumova’s defamation case, saying he had “no confidence whatsoever” the Twitter user complied with discovery obligations.

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