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Celebrity surgeon loses defamation suit against Nine
Defamation 2025-08-11 11:20 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has ruled that media reports accusing well-known orthopaedic surgeon Dr Munjed Al Muderis of unethical and profit-driven promotion of an experimental procedure were substantially true, tossing his defamation suit against Fairfax and its owner Nine.  

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Olympian sues sporting body for defamation over misconduct sanction
Defamation 2025-07-28 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

A three-time Olympic figure skater has sued the NSW Ice Skating Association, alleging that a notice it circulated to members regarding a sexual misconduct finding and ban imposed by the US Centre for SafeSport was defamatory.

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Contempt bid against Nine’s in-house lawyers, journalists dismissed
Media 2025-07-18 11:16 am By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has tossed an application for a contempt hearing against in-house lawyers, editors and journalists at Nine who allegedly breached suppression orders in a former ABC radio host’s unfair dismissal case.

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Nine says contempt bid against lawyers, journalists ‘doomed’
Media 2025-06-25 11:34 pm By Andy Sidler

Nine has argued a contempt bid by intervenors in Antoinette Latouff’s dismissal suit against the ABC is “doomed” given the articles  at issue were published a year before a suppression order was made.

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Full Court cans Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation appeal
Appeals 2025-05-16 10:54 am By Sam Matthews

A court has rejected Ben Roberts-Smith’s appeal of a decision that found he committed war crimes in Afghanistan, as well as the disgraced soldier’s bid to re-open the case in light of a secret recording of Nine journalist Nick McKenzie. 

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Secret recording of Nine journalist no smoking gun: appeals court
Appeals 2025-05-16 11:39 pm By Sam Matthews

A secret recording of Nine journalist Nick McKenzie speaking to a witness in the case may have been “doctored” and had to be “treated with caution,” the Full Court said Friday.

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Witness in Ben Roberts-Smith case threatened to sue Nine, journalist
Appeals 2025-05-02 11:13 pm By Sam Matthews

A witness in the Ben Roberts-Smith case threatened to sue Nine and journalist Nick McKenzie, the Full Court has learned, as the former soldier seeks to reopen his appeal following the release of a secret recording of a conversation between McKenzie and the witness.

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Court to hear secret recording in Ben Roberts-Smith bid to re-open appeal
Appeals 2025-05-01 2:56 pm By Sam Matthews

A court has allowed Ben Roberts-Smith to admit into evidence a secret recording of Nine journalist Nick McKenzie, as the former soldier makes a fresh bid to revive his failed defamation case.

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Nine reporter named in Ben Roberts-Smith case pressed on use of ‘subterfuge’
Media 2025-05-01 11:29 pm By Sam Matthews

Nine journalist Nick McKenzie was pressed during cross-examination on Thursday in Ben Roberts-Smith’s bid to re-open his defamation appeal on whether he has used deceptive methods or ‘subterfuge’ in his reporting.

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Nine slams ‘absurd’ bid to hold solicitors in contempt in Lattouf case
Media 2025-04-30 1:38 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Two Nine in-house lawyers, as well as senior editors and journalists, are facing a contempt of court bid by individuals who are the subject of a suppression order in journalist Antoinette Lattouf’s unfair dismissal case against the ABC.

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