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Sydney barrister wins $150K in defamation case over Oscar the cavoodle
Defamation 2024-04-26 11:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Sydney barrister Gina Edwards has been awarded $150,000 in damages in her defamation case over Channel Nineā€™s coverage of her battle for custody of famed […]

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ABC can’t access training information in ex-soldier’s discrimination case
Human Rights 2024-03-26 4:38 pm By Sam Matthews

An appeals court has granted the Commonwealthā€™s bid to suppress material relating to its “conduct after captureā€ training in a discrimination case brought by a […]

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Surgeon’s second bid for names of journalist’s sources an abuse of process, court finds
Defamation 2024-02-23 10:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has found that an orthopaedic surgeon’s second bid to uncover a journalist’s confidential sources in defamation proceedings against Nine is an abuse of […]

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Judge rejects climate challenge to NSW logging agreement
Environment 2024-01-10 12:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An environmental group has lost its case alleging the federal government failed to take climate change into account when it renewed an agreement for logging […]

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Protecting journalist’s sources in the public interest, judge says in surgeonā€™s defamation case
Defamation 2023-12-19 11:33 am By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected an orthopaedic surgeonā€™s bid to uncover the names of 13 sources who gave information to a Nine journalist, preferring the public […]

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Nine faces contempt claim over stories on surgeonā€™s defamation trial
Defamation 2023-10-13 12:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A top orthopaedic surgeon who is suing Nine for defamation has accused the outlet of contempt of court by allegedly publishing unadmitted evidence about his […]

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Nine’s stories on surgeon the ‘opposite of public interest’, court told
Trials 2023-09-04 11:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A top orthopaedic surgeon and former NSW Australian of the year has argued in his defamation case against Nine that stories detailing his alleged negligence […]

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Litigation privilege claim over Nine reporter’s emails denied in cavoodle defamation case
Trials 2022-12-14 3:41 pm By Sam Matthews

Nine has mostly lost its bid to shield documents produced under subpoena in a defamation case brought over A Current Affair’s coverage of barrister Gina […]

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Barrister was scared to return to chambers after Nine’s ‘cavoodle caper’, court told
Trials 2022-12-12 9:29 pm By Sam Matthews

A Sydney barrister was embarrassed and afraid to return to chambers following Channel Nineā€™s allegedly defamatory coverage of her custody battle for famed social media […]

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Nine tells court barrister stole Insta-famous cavoodle, misled police
Defamation 2022-11-07 11:03 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has questioned Nineā€™s eleventh-hour bid to add allegations of ā€œserious criminal offencesā€ against a barrister who sued the media company over its coverage […]

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