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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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Feminist writer Clementine Ford sues Fairfax, executive editor for defamation
Defamation 2022-03-11 9:33 pm By Sam Matthews

Writer Clementine Ford is suing Fairfax Media and Tory Maguire, executive editor of The Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, over a statement Maguire made referring to ā€œvile and personal attacksā€ by Ford on journalists and editors at the mastheads, where she was previously a columnist.

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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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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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Christian Porter, silk win stay of $430,000 legal bill in feud with accuser’s friend
Defamation 2022-02-02 9:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former Attorney-General Christian Porter and senior barrister Sue Chrysanthou have met with partial success in an eleventh hour bid to halt an order for payment of a $430,000 bill in a court battle with a friend of Porter’s rape accuser.

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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 ā€œbully and harassā€ 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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Christian Porter loses court bid for notes of meeting between silk, accuser’s friend
Defamation 2021-11-17 11:17 am By Miklos Bolza

A judge has denied former Attorney-General Christian Porter access to material about a crucial meeting involving Jo Dyer, the friend of a woman who accused him of rape, which he sought to bolster his appeal of the removal of silk Sue Chrysanthou from his now-settled defamation case against the ABC.

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Christian Porter targets former Solicitor-General’s briefs in Jo Dyer appeal
Defamation 2021-10-15 2:45 pm By Miklos Bolza

Former Attorney-General Christian Porter wants to rely on new evidence relating to former Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson SC as he appeals the removal of his high profile silk from a now settled defamation case against the ABC over its coverage of historical rape allegations.

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Brother of NBA star wins $550,000 in defamation damages against sister
Defamation 2021-09-14 4:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

The sister of NBA star Ben Simmons has been ordered to pay $550,000 in damages to half-brother Sean Tribe for a series of Tweets alleging Tribe sexually molested her as a child.

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Christian Porter wins bid to block media from using secret parts of ABC defence
Defamation 2021-08-31 10:41 am By Cindy Cameronne

Liberal MP Christian Porter has won his bid to block Nine and News Corp from using secret portions of ABCā€™s defence to his defamation allegations that the media giants accessed as intervenors in the former Attorney-Generalā€™s case.

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