Court tosses lawyer’s claim for greater damages in ‘Centrelink cheat’ case against Seven

Appeals 2021-08-11 6:22 pm By Bianca Hrovat | Sydney

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An Adelaide lawyer who won a long-running defamation battle over a Today Tonight story that described her as a “Centrelink cheat” has lost her bid for a bigger payout after a court found there was no misapprehension of fact or law in its determination of damages.

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