A judge has allowed a novel negligence claim in a class action over the NSW Liberal Party’s failure to lodge paperwork for local candidates, saying a High Court ruling that rejected a duty of care to protect against economic loss did not doom the claim.
A bid by the Victorian Liberal Party to summarily toss a challenge to a $1.5 million advance made to former leader John Pesutto for defence costs in a defamation suit has failed, with a court finding there is a case to be tried about the validity of the loan.
A barrister who is suing solicitor Rebekah Giles over fees for work on a defamation case against Nine has been partially successful in her bid to strike out sections of Giles’ defence.
A judge has issued an injunction against actress and director Rebel Wilson, partially blocking her cross-claim in US defamation proceedings launched by producers of her film, ‘The Deb’.
Rebel Wilson wants a court to shut down a cross-claim launched by a company linked to her film ‘The Deb’, the latest salvo in the director’s battle with the movie’s producers.
The Herald Sun has apologised to Victorian deputy Liberal leader Sam Groth and his wife, Brittany, over articles at the centre of a privacy and defamation lawsuit brought by the pair.
A company linked to the Victorian Liberal Party that provided a $1.5 million advance to former party leader John Pesutto says a case launched to block the loan should be thrown out.
Herald Sun articles about Victorian Deputy Liberal Leader Sam Groth’s relationship with his wife, Brittany, are “precisely ” the kind of journalism protected by an exemption in new privacy laws, a court has heard.
A judge has refused to strike out claims of serious harm in a defamation case by a pro-Israel activist against the owner of Sydney restaurant Cairo Takeaway, finding the activist did not need to plead to his prior reputation.
The publisher of the Herald Sun has filed a strike-out application against novel privacy claims by the wife of Victorian Liberals’ deputy leader Sam Groth, saying it was exempt as a news outlet.