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Nine ‘fishing’ for defence in barrister’s defamation case over cavoodle custody battle, court hears
Defamation 2022-04-01 11:08 am By Cat Fredenburgh

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.

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US bank boss Peter Schiff endorsed tax evasion, Nine says in defamation defence
Defamation 2022-03-14 6:13 pm By Miklos Bolza

Nine Network has hit back at a defamation lawsuit filed by the CEO and founder of Euro Pacific Bank, Peter Schiff, arguing that he knowingly endorsed tax evasion and attracted criminals by situating the bank in “notorious” locations with lax reporting requirements.

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Sydney barrister sues Nine over cavoodle custody battle coverage
Defamation 2022-03-02 7:08 pm By Bianca Hrovat

A Sydney barrister has launched a defamation lawsuit against the Nine Network over its coverage of a battle for custody of famed social media hound Oscar the cavoodle.

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Ben Roberts-Smith described killing of Afghan teen as ‘most beautiful thing’, court told
Defamation 2022-02-11 1:16 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Australia’s most decorated Afghanistan war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith told a former SAS soldier that when he “blew the brains out” of a young Afghan man it was “the most beautiful thing [he’d] ever seen”, a court has heard.

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Fairfax slams Ben Roberts-Smith barrister’s cross-examination technique
Defamation 2022-02-07 9:27 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Fairfax has accused senior counsel representing Ben Roberts-Smith of using cross-examination to try to identify the source of allegedly defamatory articles that accused the former SAS soldier of war crimes.

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‘Shoot him or I will’: Mounting allegations of civilian murder at Ben Roberts-Smith trial
Defamation 2022-02-04 2:39 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Eight rounds of ammunition were unloaded into the chest, neck and face of an Afghan man after decorated war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith told a subordinate to, “Shoot him or I will”, a court has heard.

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Nine can argue MP Andrew Laming a ‘creep’ in defamation defence
Defamation 2022-02-04 10:38 am By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has allowed Nine Network to claim that MP Andrew Laming is a ‘creep’ in its contextual truth defence to the Queensland politician’s defamation lawsuit over a news segment that accused him of taking a lewd photograph.

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Ben Roberts-Smith ordered shooting of Afghan man, court told as trial resumes
Trials 2022-02-02 2:47 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Australia’s most decorated Afghanistan war veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, ordered the shooting of an Afghani man during an Easter Sunday patrol, a court has heard.

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One time Liberal powerbroker says Nine using journalist privilege to ‘block him at every opportunity’
Defamation 2022-01-31 9:30 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Former Liberal power broker Marcus Bastiaan has accused Nine Entertainment of hiding behind “the cloak of journalistic professional privilege” in refusing to provide documentary evidence concerning the production of an alleged defamatory 60 Minutes report.

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Liberal MP Andrew Laming looks to strike out Nine’s ‘desperate’ defamation defence
Defamation 2022-01-28 5:28 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Liberal MP Andrew Laming has slammed the Nine Network for attempting to “bully and harass” him with its contextual truth defence to his lawsuit over an allegedly defamatory news segment that accused the Queensland politician of taking a lewd photograph.

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