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Elaine Stead wants court to force AFR columnist to produce confidential source docs
Venture capitalist Elaine Stead wants Australian Financial Review columnist Joe Aston to hand over documents connected to confidential sources, and says Aston can't rely on a journalist's privilege protecting the identity of informants.
Newspapers seek ‘deeply personal’ documents about Ben Roberts-Smith’s alleged affair
Lawyers from three newspapers being sued by war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith for defamation are seeking sensitive documents alleged to show the former soldier asked his wife to lie about an affair.
Rabbi loses appeal in defamation case over Royal Commission comments on child sex abuse
A Sydney rabbi who told the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse that he did not know touching a child's genitals was a crime has lost his appeal of a ruling throwing out defamation proceedings he brought against Nationwide News and SBS.
‘Stock Swami’ Twitter account says no reasonable person would believe tweets about Tolga Kumova
The operator of the Stock Swami Twitter handle has responded to a defamation case brought by mining entrepreneur Tolga Kumova, saying a reasonable reader would not consider his tweets a reliable source of factual information about the businessman.
‘You need to pick your game up’: Judge dresses down lawyer of Zarah Garde-Wilson in Google review case
A solicitor who failed to respond to calls from the Federal Court has been criticised by a judge for filing what appeared to be a "deficient" application in a case run on behalf of gangland lawyer Zarah Garde-Wilson in her bid to obtain details from Google over the identity of an online reviewer.
Daily Mail ‘set up’ sports journalist Erin Molan and sparked public firestorm, court hears
The Daily Mail's concerted campaign against Erin Molan was a set-up that damaged her reputation and sparked a public "firestorm" against the Nine sports reporter, the Federal Court has heard.
High Court won’t review $280,000 defamation award to lawyer branded ‘Centrelink cheat’
The High Court has declined to review $280,000 in damages awarded to a lawyer, after an appeals court found a Today Tonight segment labelling her a "Centrelink cheat" was defamatory.
Shock jock Alan Jones sues SBS, presenter Alex Lee for defamation
Conservative talkback host Alan Jones has filed a defamation suit against public broadcaster SBS over a "tribute" aired on 'The Feed' which labelled him as someone who "spoke to the fears of every xenophobe and misogynist in the country".
Daily Mail says Erin Molan has history of ‘objectively racist’ conduct
The Daily Mail has fired back at a defamation lawsuit by sports broadcaster Erin Molan alleging its coverage of a remark she made during Nine's Continuous Call radio program implied she was a racist, telling the court that Molan has a history of "objectively racist" conduct on air. 
Nine loses appeal of $3.7M defamation award over 60 Minutes floods report
The Nine Network has lost its challenge to a $3.7 million defamation judgment awarded to a prominent Queensland family over a 60 Minutes report that implied they were to blame for a 2011 flood event that killed 12 people.