A barrister for CEO and founder of Euro Pacific Bank Peter Schiff has raised concerns that Nine has filed an unlawful defence in a defamation case over a 60 Minutes episode accusing the bank boss of tax evasion and helping figures in organised crime.
CEO and founder of Euro Pacific Bank Peter Schiff says Nine is refusing to meet his case “head on” in its defence to defamation claims over a 60 Minutes episode accusing the bank boss of endorsing tax evasion and helping figures in organised crime.
Two psychiatrists who administered the controversial deep sleep therapy at the Chelmsford Private Hospital in the 1970s have won a Full Federal Court appeal in their defamation cases against publisher HarperCollins, with one of the cases being sent back for a re-trial.
Nine claims that any harm a Sydney barrister suffered from its allegedly defamatory coverage of her battle for custody of Oscar the cavoodle was mitigated by the truth of the imputation that she exploited the famed social media pooch for her benefit.
Nine has lost its bid to argue the substantial truth of an alleged defamatory imputation arising from its coverage of a custody battle for famed social media pooch Oscar the Cavoodle and has been taken to task by a judge for its delay in filing a defence in a defamation case, saying its excuse was no better than “the proverbial dog having eaten their homework”.
A Gold Coast cosmetic surgeon has won his defamation case against a competitor who posted a phony online review, with a judge ordering damages of more than $450,000.
Former attorney-general Christian Porter has told the Full Court that silk Sue Chrysanthou had to act for him in his defamation action against the ABC over an article airing historical rape allegations, saying she could not refuse the brief simply because a friend of his rape accuser “wishes him ill”.
Chaser star Julian Morrow engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct and breached his directorial duties by taking over a joint venture behind the hit ABC consumer affairs program The Checkout while hiding the fact that he was negotiating a seventh season of the series, a court has found.
A judge has barked at lawyers for Nine and a barrister who sued the media company for defamation over its coverage of her battle for custody of famed social media pooch Oscar the cavoodle, saying their “nonsense” quibbling was making him “cranky”.
A barrister who has sued Nine over its coverage of her battle for custody of famed social media pooch Oscar the cavoodle has accused the media company of seeking to delay filing a response to the lawsuit so that it can ‘fish’ for a defence.