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High Court won’t hear Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation appeal
Australia’s most-decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has lost his bid for special leave from the High Court to appeal a judge’s findings that he committed war crimes in Afghanistan.
High Court asked to hear Ben Roberts-Smith case against Nine
Disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith is digging in with his attack on a judge's findings that he committed war crimes in Afghanistan, asking the High Court to find in his favour in a defamation case against Nine.
Ben Roberts-Smith’s criticisms of trial judge ‘unwarranted’, says appeals court
In tossing his challenge to a finding that he committed war crimes in Afghanistan, an appeals court rejected Ben Roberts-Smith’s criticisms of the trial judge, finding the judge gave sufficient weight to the presumption of innocence. 
Federal judge may be called as witness as Ben Roberts-Smith seeks retrial
A Federal Court judge might be called as a witness in accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith's bid for a retrial in his failed defamation case against Nine.
No evidence Ben Roberts-Smith given full benefit of presumption of innocence, appeals court told
The judge who found that disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith committed war crimes in Afghanistan did not show “full consideration of the presumption of innocence” in his defamation case, an appeals court has heard. 
Kerry Stokes can’t see Fairfax’s itemised legal bill in Ben Roberts-Smith case
Billionaire Kerry Stokes has lost his challenge to paying in lump sum Fairfax's legal fees in defending Ben Roberts-Smith’s failed defamation case over war crimes allegations, having argued for an itemised bill after the Seven West Media chair agreed to foot the costs on an indemnity basis.
Kerry Stokes ‘in the dark’ about costs in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case, court told
Billionaire Kerry Stokes and Nine-owned Fairfax are fighting about how to calculate costs for Ben Roberts-Smith's failed defamation case after the Seven West Media chair agreed to foot the legal bill on an indemnity basis.
Seven must produce emails exchanged with Ben Roberts-Smith’s lawyers
An appeals court has refused to set aside subpoenas forcing Seven to produce some of the 8,600 emails it exchanged with Ben Roberts-Smith’s solicitors concerning his failed defamation case over alleged war crimes he committed in Afghanistan.
Ben Roberts-Smith hit with indemnity costs for failed defamation case
Ben Roberts-Smith has been hit with indemnity costs for his failed defamation case over articles accusing him of war crimes, with a judge agreeing with the publishers that the former SAS corporal knew the allegations were substantially true.