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Lisa Wilkinson’s husband seeks costs in Bruce Lehrmann defamation case
Defamation 2024-03-26 11:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Author Peter FitzSimons is seeking costs from Bruce Lehrmann for complying with a subpoena in the former Liberal staffer’s defamation case against Network Ten and […]

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Credibility of Lehrmann, Higgins central to judge’s looming ruling in defamation case
Defamation 2024-03-20 11:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

No one else was in the room where it allegedly happened. By Brittany Higgins’ account her former colleague, Bruce Lehrmann, raped her on the couch […]

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Pesutto to face more defamation suits by organisers of anti-trans rally
Defamation 2024-03-18 11:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Victorian Liberal Party leader John Pesutto is facing the threat of two more defamation suits by organisers of last year’s anti-trans ‘Let Women Speak’ rally, […]

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Brittany Higgins’ statements in $2.4M settlement deed in spotlight in Lehrmann case
Defamation 2024-03-15 11:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge preparing to deliver his decision in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case against Ten has sought clarity from the TV network on submissions addressing alleged […]

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Pauline Hanson’s history of ‘hateful’ comments admissible in case over ‘piss off’ tweet
Human Rights 2024-03-12 4:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mehreen Faruqi can include evidence of senator Pauline Hanson’s allegedly “hateful” comments on race and ethnicity in a trial over the One Nation leader’s tweet […]

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Brittany Higgins’ rape claim doesn’t get more persuasive if court rejects Lehrmann’s story, his lawyers say
Defamation 2024-03-01 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

The court might find Bruce Lehrmann’s story implausible, but that doesn’t mean Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape is the only possible alternative to what happened in […]

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Pauline Hanson’s ‘dehumanising’ comments should be admissible in Faruqi case, court told
Human Rights 2024-02-29 6:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mehreen Faruqi is fighting to include evidence of senator Pauline Hanson’s alleged history of ‘dehumanising’ comments on race and ethnicity in a trial over the […]

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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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Jarryd Hayne supporter accused of spitting at alleged rape victim wins payout from Seven
Defamation 2024-02-20 10:48 am By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered Seven Network to pay $35,000 to a man who said he was defamed by the broadcaster, finding that he “spat towards” […]

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Surgeon wins security from nose job patient appealing defamation loss
Defamation 2024-02-19 10:43 pm By Sam Matthews

A nose job patient who allegedly defamed his surgeon has been slugged with $50,000 in security for his appeal, on top of a $50,000 damages […]

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