Protecting journalist’s sources in the public interest, judge says in surgeon’s defamation case

Defamation 2023-12-19 11:33 am By Sam Matthews | Melbourne

A judge has rejected a top orthopaedic surgeon’s bid to uncover the names of 13 sources who gave information to a Nine journalist, preferring the public interest in protecting the sources’ identities and noting their fears of reprisals by the Sydney surgeon.