A “massive dispute about privilege” is on the cards in the defamation row between Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch and news outlet Crikey over an article about the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
Federal prosecutors pursuing a case against Members Equity have lost an appeal of a ruling that threw out half the charges against the direct bank as time barred, with an appeals court finding the ASIC Act imposes a hard deadline for bringing a criminal case of misleading or deceptive conduct.
A judge has questioned Nineās eleventh-hour bid to add allegations of āserious criminal offencesā against a barrister who sued the media company over its coverage of her custody battle for famed social media pooch Oscar the cavoodle.
A judge has rejected Lachlan Murdochās claim that the media has been āsold a pupā with a new public interest defence that Crikey’s publisher has deployed in the Fox News CEO’s defamation suit over an article about the January 6 attack on the US Capital.
The former managing director and CEO of Bingo Industries has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the waste company in fixing prices for demolition waste services in Sydney.
A judge weighing a $29.5 million settlement in a class action against recycling company Sims Limited has questioned the courtās power to vary the funding agreement between the applicant and funder, which seeks to pass on its insurance costs to group members as well as recoup costs and earn a commission.
Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch has told a court that Crikey publisher Private Media will be hard-pressed to use a new public interest defence as a shield against his defamation suit over an article allegedly linking the media mogul to the January 6 attack on the US Capital.
Property owners are fighting arguments that claims in a class action over allegedly combustible cladding do not fall under a $190 million insurance policy’s definition of property damage, saying installing the cladding was like ādousing oneās house in keroseneā.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has dropped a High Court appeal seeking to overturn a Full Court judgment that found a tweet by refugee activist Shane Bazzi labeling him a “rape apologist” was not defamatory.
Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch has filed a bid to strike out Crikey publisher Private Mediaās defence to a defamation suit over an article allegedly linking the media mogul to the US Capital riot, claiming the Australian publisherās recent public statements directed āhate and ridiculeā towards him.