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Fairfax rejected settlement offers with ‘bugger off letters’, Elaine Stead tells court
Venture capitalist Dr Elaine Stead is seeking indemnity costs after being awarded $280,000 in her defamation case against Nine-owned Fairfax, which she accuses of rejecting several settlement offers with "bugger off letters" and engaging in a "petulant campaign" of media coverage post-judgment.
Ultra Tune founder wins injunction banning ex-girlfriend from releasing secret recordings
The wealthy founder of auto repair franchisor Ultra Tune has secured a temporary injunction against his ex-girlfriend and a former employee prohibiting them from distributing secret recordings after excerpts from one damaging audio file were published by Fairfax.
Chau Chak Wing awarded $590,000 in defamation case against ABC, Nine
Chinese businessman Dr Chau Chak Wing has been awarded $590,000 in a Federal Court judgment that found an ABC Four Corner's report contained "untrue and seriously defamatory imputations" about alleged espionage, bribery of UN leaders, and links to the Chinese Communist Party.
Elaine Stead awarded $280,000 for AFR’s ‘targeted campaign of offensive mockery’
Venture capitalist Dr Elaine Stead has been awarded $280,000 in her defamation case against the Nine-owned Australian Financial Review after the Federal Court found she suffered hurt and damage to her reputation through a "targeted campaign of offensive mockery" about her role in collapsed investment firm Blue Sky Alternative Investments.
Blockchain firm founder beats back AFR’s bid to nix defamation case
A judge has shot down an attempt by the publisher of the Australian Financial Review to permanently stay a defamation lawsuit brought by blockchain firm Power Ledger, after the media company claimed it had had failed to comply with discovery obligations.
Nationwide settles Masterchef Jock Zonfrillo’s defamation suit
The publisher of The Australian has settled defamation proceedings brought by celebrity chef Jock Zonfrillo, just a few months after the lawsuit was filed.
News of Chau Chak Wing’s defamation win can’t be used by publishers in defence of reputation damage
A judge has shot down a bid by Nine, the ABC and a high-profile journalist to use articles reporting on Dr Chau Chak Wing's $280,000 defamation victory as evidence mitigating the harm to his reputation from a report at the centre of a separate defamation case.
Clive Palmer offers to drop contempt of court lawsuit against WA Premier
Billionaire Clive Palmer has offered to withdraw his High Court contempt of court lawsuit against Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan "in a spirit of reconciliation and forgiveness", but his defamation case against the state leader will continue.
No rest for deep sleep therapy defamation case after appeal filed
Two psychiatrists at the heart of the Chelmsford deep sleep therapy scandal have launched an appeal of a decision dismissing their defamation case against HarperCollins as an attempt to "rewrite history" regarding the harm done to those receiving the controversial treatment.
SBS pays nothing to settle defamation lawsuit by Alan Jones
Shock jock Alan Jones has reached a settlement in his defamation lawsuit against SBS and The Feed presenter Alex Lee over a television segment that referred to him as someone who "spoke to the fears of every xenophobe and misogynist in the country".