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Nine can argue MP Andrew Laming a ‘creep’ in defamation defence
Banki Haddock Fiora 2022-02-04 10:38 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has allowed Nine Network to claim that MP Andrew Laming is a ‘creep’ in its contextual truth defence to the Queensland politician’s defamation lawsuit over a news segment that accused him of taking a lewd photograph.

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Liberal MP Andrew Laming looks to strike out Nine’s ‘desperate’ defamation defence
Banki Haddock Fiora 2022-01-28 5:28 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

Liberal MP Andrew Laming has slammed the Nine Network for attempting to “bully and harass” him with its contextual truth defence to his lawsuit over an allegedly defamatory news segment that accused the Queensland politician of taking a lewd photograph.

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HarperCollins settles defamation suit over ‘Putin’s People’
Banki Haddock Fiora 2022-01-11 11:21 am By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

HarperCollins has agreed to settle a defamation lawsuit by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, with the publisher promising to amend significant portions of its best-selling book chronicling the rise of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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a2 Milk wins trade mark ruling after IP Australia left ‘legitimate uncertainty’
Baker McKenzie 2021-12-03 5:08 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has allowed two a2 Milk trade marks to proceed to registration despite “legitimate uncertainty” created by IP Australia in a long-running intellectual property spat with competitor Lion Dairy & Drinks.

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Training college AIPE hit with record $153M penalty for ‘unconscionable’ enrolment system
ACCC 2021-12-03 1:04 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Collapsed NSW training company Australian Institute of Professional Education has been slugged with a $153 million penalty, the highest ever fine in a consumer law case, after the Federal Court found the school targeted vulnerable students through an “unconscionable” enrolment system.

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CBA seeks leniency as judge grapples with first criminal case of its kind
ASIC 2021-10-29 5:31 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A fine imposed against the Commonwealth Bank for false and misleading representations to customers should reflect offences that were “well below the midpoint” of seriousness, counsel for the bank has told a judge overseeing the first criminal case of its kind.  

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Judge grapples with his ‘white male privilege’ in Erin Molan trial
Bruce McClintock 2021-09-30 8:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has spoken of his personal challenge as an “older, white male” in deciding the objective meaning of racism in Nine Network sports reporter Erin Molan’s defamation case, and said the matter would have been worthy of a trial by jury.

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Daily Mail editor wrote ‘let’s rip into this sheila’ before publishing Erin Molan article, court hears
Bruce McClintock 2021-08-30 10:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A Daily Mail editor sent an email to a journalist that said ‘Let’s rip into this sheila’ before publishing an article about sports presenter Erin Molan that’s at the centre of a defamation trial which kicked off Monday.

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Ben Roberts-Smith says ex-wife lied to court about accessing his personal emails
Arthur Moses 2021-08-13 8:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A lawyer for accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith has told a judge his ex-wife did not honestly disclose whether she had given her close friend access to her former husband’s email account, and had misused his confidential and privileged information.

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Corestaff can’t get insurer to cover future class action judgment
Class Actions 2021-08-12 10:19 am By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A court has ruled that labour hire firm CoreStaff cannot rely on its professional indemnity insurance to cover judgment against it in an employment class action alleging itmisled workers who relocated from Papua New Guinea to Australia for work.

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