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Broadcaster Alan Jones and two radio stations have been ordered to pay $3.75 million for defaming a prominent Queensland family by blaming them for the deaths of 12 people in the 2011 Grantham floods.
A court has struck out defamation claims brought by embattled Quintis founder Frank Wilson against the company's former directors over ASX statements he alleges suggested he knew about the company's termination of a supply contract with Nestle's dermatology unit, Galderma Laboratories.
A judge has thrown out the truth defence claimed by the ABC and Fairfax Media in a case brought by Chinese billionaire and philanthropist Dr Chau Chak Wing.
A judge on Thursday struck out former Prime Minister Mark Latham's defence in a defamation case filed against him by the political editor of pop culture site Junkee, calling it an "extraordinary document" and the "antithesis of a pleading".
Correspondence to a law firm revealing a client's identity was covered by legal professional privilege because the firm's advice was contingent on the client providing his name, a court has ruled.
The Nine Network has defeated a bid by a property developer planning a defamation suit to block the television network from running an episode of "A Current Affair" that he says could harm his reputation.
The publisher of The Daily Telegraph has won its bid to bring a defence of justification against claims by actor Geoffrey Rush that the newspaper defamed him in articles alleging the actor behaved "inappropriately" during a production of King Lear at the Sydney Theatre Company.
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has followed through on her threat to sue Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm for defamation, the first case to be brought by a sitting senator against a fellow politician.
Sydney magistrate Joan Baptie has agreed to settle a defamation case brought against the owner of radio station 2GB after an on-air apology by host Ben Fordham.
A judge has ordered a self-described spiritual healer to produce pictures of the "hands on" esoteric healing technique he practices, in a defamation suit over blog posts that allegedly imply he's a cult leader and sexual predator.