A judge has rejected barrister Gina Edwardsâ âsomewhat speculativeâ bid to issue interrogatories to Nine, weeks out from trial in a defamation case brought over the media companyâs coverage of her custody battle for famed social media pooch Oscar the cavoodle.
News outlet Crikey has handed over internal documents showing its plans to mount a marketing campaign portraying itself as the victim in a âDavid and Goliathâ battle with Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch over an allegedly defamatory article about the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, a court has heard.
A judge has raised doubts about ex-commando Heston Russell’s barrister’s claims that it “screamed from the page” of an allegedly defamatory ABC article that her client committed war crimes.
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.
Highly regarded barrister Alexander ‘Sandy’ Dawson SC has been honored by colleagues and clients on his death at the age of 50 after a battle with brain cancer.
The High Court has rejected a special leave application by underworld figure Mick Gatto seeking to revive defamation claims against the ABC over an article which he said accused him of threatening to kill gangland lawyer Nicola Gobbo.
A former director of sandalwood producer Quintis, who is suing the company’s top brass over statements made to the corporate regulator, has won unrestricted access to legal advice the executives sought to keep a lid on.
A judge has questioned Nineâs eleventh-hour bid to add allegations of âserious criminal offencesâ against a barrister who sued the media company over its coverage of her custody battle for famed social media pooch Oscar the cavoodle.
Pauline Hanson has appealed a defamation judgment ordering her to pay $250,000 to former colleague Brian Burston for âseriously damagingâ and malicious comments made in a Today Show interview.
A top orthopaedic surgeon and former NSW Australian of the year has sued Channel Nine and Fairfax for defamation over a recent 60 Minutes episode and articles that appeared in The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald.