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‘You get him in the witness box’: Kumova trial on hold after judge questions Stock Swami’s discovery
Defamation 2022-06-28 9:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has halted a defamation trial in a case brought by mining investor Tolga Kumova after saying he had “no confidence whatsoever” that the owner of Twitter account Stock Swami complied with discovery obligations.

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Google must pay indemnity costs for ‘untenable defences’ in Barilaro defamation case
Defamation 2022-06-27 4:25 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered that Google pay indemnity costs to former deputy premier of NSW John Barilaro, in addition to $7150,000 in damages over a “relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory campaign” by YouTube commentator Jordan Shanks that the tech giant “did nothing” to stop.

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Kumova extolled mining company in tweets then sold $24M in shares, defamation trial told
Defamation 2022-06-24 6:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former Young Rich Lister Tolga Kumova sold $24 million worth of shares in mining company after publishing positive social media posts about its prospects, a court has heard in a defamation trial over allegations he engaged in insider trading and pumping and dumping. 

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Law firm scolded by judge for ‘highly unsatisfactory’ social media post in Kumova trial
Trials 2022-06-23 9:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has pulled up a law firm over a tweet it published about defamation proceedings brought by investor Tolga Kumova, telling a barrister during the trial Thursday to counsel his instructing solicitors about the “highly unsatisfactory” social media post.

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Investor Tolga Kumova admits to $4.8B valuation error in defamation row
Defamation 2022-06-23 1:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former Young Rich Lister Tolga Kumova has admitted to publishing an inaccurate tweet about the value of a mineral resource owned by a zinc producer of which he was a director, agreeing at trial in his defamation case that he was off by $4.8 billion.

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Google must pay $715,000 to Barilaro over YouTube videos, may face contempt charge
Defamation 2022-06-06 11:27 am By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered that Google pay $715,000 to former deputy premier of NSW John Barilaro over a “relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory campaign” by YouTube commentator Jordan Shanks that the tech giant “did nothing” to stop.

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Barrister raises concerns about Nine’s ‘disarmingly frank’ submission in Schiff defamation case
Defamation 2022-06-01 5:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne

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.

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Nine not meeting defamation case ‘head on’, says bank boss accused of tax evasion
Defamation 2022-05-03 9:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

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.

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Deep sleep therapy case re-awakened as Full Court grants appeal
Defamation 2022-04-29 10:19 am By Cindy Cameronne

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.

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Nine doubles down on claim that barrister exploited celebrity cavoodle for financial gain
Defamation 2022-04-28 5:14 pm By Sam Matthews

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.

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