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Daily Telegraph defeats defamation appeal of John Ibrahim’s son
Dauid Sibtain 2023-07-25 11:01 pm By Gareth Baker

An appeals court has dismissed the appeal of Daniel Taylor, son of notorious former Kings Cross nightclub owner John Ibrahim, seeking to revive defamation claims over a 2019 article in The Sunday Telegraph which he claimed suggested he was a mobster. 

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Erin Molan to receive zero damages in defamation settlement
David Helvadjian 2023-03-30 11:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Erin Molan will receive zero damages under a settlement reached with the Daily Mail, after the Full Federal Court set aside a $150,000 defamation judgment for the sports presenter and sent the case back for a new trial.

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Full Court orders rehearing in Erin Molan defamation case
Appeals 2023-03-06 6:30 pm By Sam Matthews

The Full Federal Court has set aside a $150,000 defamation judgment for sports presenter Erin Molan and remitted the matter for a new trial, after finding a judge failed to properly consider publisher the Daily Mail’s defence of contextual truth.

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Daily Mail says Erin Molan’s ‘egregious conduct’ warrants reversal of $150,000 damages award
Appeals 2023-03-02 11:20 pm By Sam Matthews

The Daily Mail has argued that Nine sports presenter Erin Molan should be stripped of a $150,000 defamation damages award because of her history of “seriously egregious conduct” on 2GB’s Continuous Call Team radio show.

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Daily Mail appeals $150,000 Erin Molan defamation judgment
Appeals 2022-09-14 11:48 pm By Sam Matthews

The Daily Mail is appealing a judge’s decision to award Nine sports presenter Erin Molan $150,000 over an article concerning an on-air remark she made about the pronunciation of National Rugby League Polynesian player names.

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Sports presenter Erin Molan wins $150,000 defamation judgment against Daily Mail
Bruce McClintock 2022-08-30 11:27 am By Sam Matthews

Nine sports presenter Erin Molan has won a substantial payout from the Daily Mail over an article concerning an on-air remark she made about the pronunciation of National Rugby League Polynesian player names, despite failing to prove the story painted her as a racist.

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Nine wins challenge to production of draft 60 Minutes episode
Acting Justice Carolyn Simpson 2022-06-08 3:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Nine has won its legal challenge to orders that would have forced it to hand over a draft version of a 60 Minutes episode and restricted it from airing the program after an appeals court found a judge had no power to make the orders.

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The show must not go on: Craig McLachlan drops defamation case
ABC 2022-05-20 6:13 pm By Sam Matthews

Actor Craig McLachlan has dropped his defamation suit against the ABC, Fairfax and actress Christie Whelan Browne mid-trial just as the defence was due to start its case.

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Eleven women to testify they were harassed by actor Craig McLachlan
ABC 2022-05-10 9:30 pm By Sam Matthews

Eleven women will give evidence of sexually inappropriate behaviour by actor Craig McLachlan in his defamation case against Rocky Horror Show co-star Christie Whelan Browne and publishers ABC and Fairfax, including one actress who worked with him on the set of Neighbours in the late 1980s. 

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Showbiz ‘different to other workplaces’, Craig McLachlan’s lawyer tells court
ABC 2022-05-09 9:41 pm By Sam Matthews

A parade of actors are expected to take the stand and testify against Craig McLachlan at a trial that kicked off Monday in his defamation case against Rocky Horror Show co-star Christie Whelan Browne and publishers ABC and Fairfax.

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