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Ben Roberts-Smith to pay $1M in security in defamation appeal
Appeals 2023-10-10 10:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Former SAS corporal Ben Roberts-Smith has been ordered pay $910,000 in security for costs as he appeals a defamation ruling that found he committed murder in Afghanistan and was not a reliable witness. 

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Seven, Kerry Stokes’ privacy should be ‘respected’ in Ben Roberts-Smith case, says judge
Defamation 2023-09-28 3:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

In allowing Seven and chairman Kerry Stokes to challenge a ruling granting Fairfax access to 8,600 emails with accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith’s legal team, a judge has said they will suffer prejudice if “personally embarrassing” communications are put into evidence. 

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Seven can challenge production of emails in Ben Roberts-Smith case
Defamation 2023-09-25 10:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Seven Network and chairman Kerry Stokes can challenge a ruling allowing Fairfax to access thousands of “deeply personal” emails sent to and from former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith during his defamation case.

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Seven says subpoenas in Ben Roberts-Smith case would reveal ‘deeply personal’ emails
Defamation 2023-09-22 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

Subpoenas granting Fairfax access to thousands of emails to and from former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, represent “a very real and profound intrusion into private affairs,” a court has heard.

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Breast implant class action trial date set over ‘loud protest’
Personal injury 2023-09-21 12:10 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action against a group of surgeons who worked for The Cosmetic Institute over allegedly incompetent breast augmentation procedures has been set down for trial over the “loud protest” of the defendants, with a judge choosing to accommodate the plaintiff’s no win, no fee counsel team. 

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Serious harm question won’t be heard first in defamation case over ‘cyberslaves’ doco
Defamation 2023-09-19 2:40 pm By Sam Matthews

The publishers of The Australian and Al Jazeera have failed to persuade a judge to hold a preliminary hearing on the question of whether the nephew of the former prime minister of Cambodia suffered serious harm as a result of publications he says painted him as a criminal.

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High Court to hear appeal of ACCC’s unconscionable conduct win against college
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-09-15 4:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The High Court has granted defunct online educator Captain Cook College special leave to appeal a finding that it engaged in systemic unconscionable conduct by enrolling thousands of unsuitable students, who accrued $60 million in debt but never finished their courses. 

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Surgeons try again to declass breast implants class action
Class Actions 2023-09-14 2:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A group of surgeons who worked for The Cosmetic Institute are appealing a judge’s rejection of their bid to declass a representative proceeding on behalf of 13,500 patients who claim they suffered injury or complications from breast augmentation surgery. 

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Melbourne school must pay $565K for failing to address antisemitic bullying
Human Rights 2023-09-14 3:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A group of former Jewish and Israeli students at Brighton Secondary College have won hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation and an apology from the Victorian government after a judge found the school principal failed to address racially-charged bullying and hundreds of cases of swastika graffiti.

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ANZ, Suncorp gear up for fight with ACCC over $4.9B merger
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-09-12 11:25 pm By Sam Matthews

A battle with the competition regulator over the proposed ANZ, Suncorp tie-up has begun, with the first clash involving a group of rival lenders that want their submissions to the ACCC kept under lock and key.

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