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Ben Roberts-Smith flags ‘serious concerns’ about potential unlawful conduct by Fairfax
Anna Mitchelmore 2021-04-22 5:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Ben Roberts-Smith has raised “serious concerns” in his defamation case against Fairfax that the media company may have unlawfully published classified material he allegedly buried in his backyard, with the war veteran asking for an explanation of where it came from.

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Ben Roberts-Smith accused in court of ‘deliberate concealment’ of docs, as AFP confirms probe
Anna Mitchelmore 2021-04-14 9:58 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

News publishers facing a defamation suit by Ben Roberts-Smith have called on the war veteran to explain alleged “deliberate concealment” of documents relevant to the case, as the Australian Federal Police reveals they are investigating claims he buried evidence.

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Nine settles John Hewson defamation suit over ‘seriously dishonest’ report
Bird & Bird 2021-04-12 4:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Nine has agreed to settle a defamation lawsuit by former Liberal leader John Hewson alleging a report by A Current Affair about his insurance firm was gratuitous and “seriously dishonest”.

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Daily Mail can’t grill Erin Molan about Footy Show incident ahead of defamation trial
Clayton Utz 2021-04-08 9:39 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The judge overseeing sports presenter Erin Molan’s defamation case against the Daily Mail won’t force Molan to be questioned ahead of trail about a segment on Nine’s The Footy Show in which she laughed at an off-colour joke, saying the  publisher was “fishing”.

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Ben Roberts-Smith trial to feature testimony from Afghan witnesses about alleged murder
Anna Mitchelmore 2021-04-06 12:31 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has allowed four Afghan witnesses who allegedly saw Ben Roberts-Smith kick a handcuffed Afghan citizen off a cliff to give evidence remotely when the Australian war veteran’s defamation case against three newspapers heads to trial in June.

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Daily Mail to use Footy Show segment in Erin Molan defamation fight
Clayton Utz 2021-03-19 10:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The Daily Mail wants to question sports presenter Erin Molan over a segment on Nine’s The Footy Show four years ago in which she laughed at an off-colour joke, as part of the publisher’s truth defence to Molan’s claims that she has been falsely labelled a racist.

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Ben Roberts-Smith’s ex-wife will testify that he lied about matters central to defamation case
Anna Mitchelmore 2021-03-17 2:54 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The former wife of war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith will testify at an upcoming hearing that he lied about matters that are “centrally relevant” to his defamation case against three newspapers, a court has heard.

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Lawyer accused of ‘abysmal arrogance’ wins appeal of $360,000 defamation award
Appeals 2021-02-24 11:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A lawyer who a judge accused of “abysmal arrogance and sense of privilege” has won her appeal of a ruling ordering her to pay $360,000 to her Balmain neighbour after a long-running property dispute culminated in an allegedly defamatory interview that was broadcast to over one million TV viewers on A Current Affair.

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Chau Chak Wing awarded $590,000 in defamation case against ABC, Nine
ABC 2021-02-02 12:51 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

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.

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News of Chau Chak Wing’s defamation win can’t be used by publishers in defence of reputation damage
ABC 2021-01-15 2:57 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen Melbourne

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.

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