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Three defamation cases against John Pesutto to be heard together
Defamation 2024-03-28 9:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Victorian Liberal Party leader John Pesutto will face three defamation cases at the same time — one by former Liberal MP Moira Deeming and two […]

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Lisa Wilkinson’s husband seeks costs in Bruce Lehrmann defamation case
Defamation 2024-03-26 11:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Author Peter FitzSimons is seeking costs from Bruce Lehrmann for complying with a subpoena in the former Liberal staffer’s defamation case against Network Ten and […]

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Credibility of Lehrmann, Higgins central to judge’s looming ruling in defamation case
Defamation 2024-03-20 11:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

No one else was in the room where it allegedly happened. By Brittany Higgins’ account her former colleague, Bruce Lehrmann, raped her on the couch […]

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Pesutto to face more defamation suits by organisers of anti-trans rally
Defamation 2024-03-18 11:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Victorian Liberal Party leader John Pesutto is facing the threat of two more defamation suits by organisers of last year’s anti-trans ‘Let Women Speak’ rally, […]

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Gadens nabs defamation partner from Banki Haddock Fiora
Business of Law 2024-03-18 3:44 pm By Sam Matthews

Law firm Gadens has strengthened its IP and defamation practice with the appointments of a partner and associate from rival Banki Haddock Fiora.  Intellectual property […]

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Brittany Higgins’ statements in $2.4M settlement deed in spotlight in Lehrmann case
Defamation 2024-03-15 11:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge preparing to deliver his decision in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case against Ten has sought clarity from the TV network on submissions addressing alleged […]

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Cult leader loses defamation case over tell-all book by abused member
Defamation 2024-03-06 10:44 pm By Sam Matthews

The leader of an abusive New Age cult operating out of northern NSW has lost her defamation case against a former follower who wrote a […]

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Shandee Blackburn’s mum loses bid for serious harm hearing in defamation case
Defamation 2024-03-05 10:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The mother of murder victim Shandee Blackburn has lost her bid to have a judge decide ahead of trial whether acquitted suspect John Peros suffered […]

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Brittany Higgins’ rape claim doesn’t get more persuasive if court rejects Lehrmann’s story, his lawyers say
Defamation 2024-03-01 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

The court might find Bruce Lehrmann’s story implausible, but that doesn’t mean Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape is the only possible alternative to what happened in […]

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Surgeon’s second bid for names of journalist’s sources an abuse of process, court finds
Defamation 2024-02-23 10:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has found that an orthopaedic surgeon’s second bid to uncover a journalist’s confidential sources in defamation proceedings against Nine is an abuse of […]

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