Judge Stephen Rothman

A Sydney-based law firm is challenging a ruling that ordered it to pay $1.4 million in damages for failing to properly advise a client of his rights under a partnership agreement after he suffered several strokes.  

Media outlets facing liability for allegedly defamatory remarks left under news articles they posted on Facebook are taking their case to the High Court, after a court of appeal found the companies were publishers of the third-party comments.

A judge has slammed a lawyer for her “abysmal arrogance and sense of privilege”, ordering her to pay $300,000 to her Balmain neighbour after a long-running property dispute culminated in a defamatory interview that was broadcast to over one million TV viewers on A Current Affair.