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Solicitor beats appeal in negligence case over rescinded property sale
Real Estate 2025-08-01 11:28 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

An appeals court has declined to revive a negligence case against a solicitor accused by a former client of failing to advise him on key clauses in a rescinded $1.7 million sale contract.

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Sydney Flames escapes former coach Shane Heal’s defamation suit
Defamation 2025-03-17 11:02 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has thrown out a defamation case lodged by former Sydney Flames head coach Shane Heal, who claimed the club published defamatory public statements over allegations he bullied members.

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Mark Latham appeals $140,000 judgment for homophobic tweet
Defamation 2025-02-11 10:36 pm By Sam Matthews

Former NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham has appealed a defamation judgment for independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich, arguing a homophobic tweet was not likely to cause serious harm to Greenwich’s reputation.

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Pauline Hanson can’t get discount on costs in Greens senator’s case
Human Rights 2024-12-04 3:28 pm By Sam Matthews

Pauline Hanson’s argument that Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi should have brought her discrimination case in a cheaper jurisdiction has not persuaded the Federal Court.

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Mayor loses defamation case over Facebook post calling him a ‘crim’
Defamation 2024-12-02 4:05 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A defamation case over Facebook comments that described the Liverpool City Council mayor as a “grub” and a “crim” has been tossed for failing to pass the serious harm test.

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Pauline Hanson’s tweet ‘a strong form of racism’, court finds
Discrimination 2024-11-01 11:25 am By Andy Sidler

A Pauline Hanson tweet that told Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi to “piss off back to Pakistan” fell afoul of the Racial Discrimination Act, with a judge calling it “Islamophobic” and “a strong form of racism”.

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Sydney MP Alex Greenwich wins case against Mark Latham over defamatory tweet
Defamation 2024-09-11 10:54 am By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has awarded Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich $140,000 in his defamation case against former NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham over a homophobic tweet found likely to cause “serious harm” to his reputation. 

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Mark Latham’s homophobic tweet sparked ‘graphic’ abuse, death threats, Sydney MP says
Trials 2024-05-22 2:47 pm By Sam Matthews

A homophobic tweet by former NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham unleashed an “utterly hateful torrent of abuse and vitriol”, including death threats against Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich, which left him fearing for his safety, a court has heard. 

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Greens senator wants trial reopened to rebut Hanson evidence about her religion
Discrimination 2024-05-09 11:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mehreen Faruqi wants to reopen a racial discrimination trial to rebut evidence by One Nation senator Pauline Hanson that she didn’t know the deputy Greens leader was Muslim when she wrote in a tweet that the senator should “piss off back to Pakistan”. 

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Livestream of Mark Latham trial may be cut off if parties face Lehrmann-like social media backlash
Defamation 2024-05-08 1:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Counsel for independent Sydney member Alex Greenwich has raised concerns about livestreaming the trial in his defamation case against former NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham after witnessing the “astonishing” and “very disturbing” social media commentary during the Bruce Lehrmann trial.

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