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Ben Roberts-Smith accuses ex-wife of accessing email correspondence with lawyers
Arthur Moses 2021-06-04 11:42 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The ex-wife of accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith may have accessed his email account containing privileged communications with lawyers, a barrister for the former soldier told a judge on the eve of his defamation trial against Nine.

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Ben Roberts-Smith sues ex-wife ahead of defamation trial over war crimes allegations
Bruce McClintock 2021-06-03 10:30 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith has brought legal action against his ex-wife, who is set to give evidence for Nine at the upcoming trial in his defamation case against the publisher.

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Publishers win access to Ben Roberts-Smith’s medical records as defamation trial looms
Alexander Edwards 2021-06-02 9:51 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has lost a bid to shield his medical records from three publishers less than a week before his high-profile defamation case kicks off in the Federal Court.

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JPMorgan tries to shield ASIC settlement negotiations in ANZ cartel case
ACCC 2021-06-01 4:09 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

JPMorgan is fighting to keep details of failed settlement talks with ASIC under wraps in criminal cartel proceedings over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement, as ANZ seeks to uncover whether the corporate regulator made a deal with the investment bank ahead of the cartel case being filed.

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Ben Roberts-Smith wins bid to split his case in upcoming defamation trial
Australian Government Solicitor 2021-05-26 3:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Ben Roberts-Smith has won approval to split his case at the upcoming trial in his defamation case against three publishers over articles accusing him of war crimes, with a judge saying the seriousness of the allegations against him weighed in favour of the unorthodox move.

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Roberts-Smith wiped laptop with USB content after he was told to retain files, court told
Australian Government Solicitor 2021-05-25 2:17 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith “wiped” a laptop last month containing possible national secrets found on USB sticks retrieved from his former home, the judge overseeing the former soldier’s defamation case against three publishers has heard.

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High Court to weigh in on CFMEU’s serial offender status in assessing penalties
Appeals 2021-05-21 10:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The High Court has granted special leave to the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner in a case dealing with how the CFMEU’s history as a serial offender should have been considered when assessing the penalty the union should face for breaches of the Fair Work Act.

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Grant Thornton can bring cross-claim against Forge Group
Accounting 2021-05-21 9:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Grant Thornton has won approval to a bring a cross-claim against Forge Group, just three months ahead of trial in the collapsed engineering company’s case against the accounting firm and ten former directors for their alleged negligence in relation to its “uneconomic” purchase of CTEC in 2012.

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Ben Roberts-Smith seeks ‘covert recordings’ from publishers
Alexander Edwards 2021-05-21 7:16 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith is seeking all “covert recordings” held by Nine and revealed in a number of news publications last month in which the former soldier said it was his “sole mission” to destroy the journalists behind allegedly defamatory articles accusing him of war crimes.

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Bordeaux estate behind $500 wine sues Tassie producer over ‘knockoffs’
Bruce Caine 2021-05-20 6:20 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A nearly 100-year-old Bordeaux estate that makes the Vieux Château Certan wine, which retails for at least $500, has taken a Tasmanian winemaker to court for allegedly trying to hijack its name and making knockoff wines that copy its distinctive pink lid and neck of its bottles.

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