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Defamation law

July 2024

  • Dale Vince walking in the entry area of a conference hall, wearing a lanyard and a scarf

    Labour donor Dale Vince has libel case against Daily Mail thrown out

    Energy entrepreneur claimed headline about different man used alongside his photograph was defamatory

June 2024

  • A man wearing glasses, suit, and tie stands in a crowd

    Far-right site Gateway Pundit to answer claims of ‘bankruptcy abuse’ in hearing

    Creditors suing news site ask judge to throw out bankruptcy filing after founder Jim Hoft said it was a ‘protection’ tactic

May 2024

  • Lisa Wilkinson outside court

    Lisa Wilkinson seeks $1.8m in costs from Ten after defending Bruce Lehrmann defamation claim

  • a man in a blue suit and yellow tie speaks on stage

    Newsmax accused of deleting evidence that it was spreading 2020 election lies

April 2024

  • In crowd of people sitting down is older white man in classes and suit - everyone seems to be laughing.

    Rightwing US website that spreads election conspiracies declares bankruptcy

  • Lisa Wilkinson (right) with her barrister Sue Chrysanthou

    Too often, women are denied justice for sexual assault. The Lehrmann judgment marks progress

    Jennifer Robinson
  • Bruce Lehrmann outside the federal court of Australia in Sydney on Monday.

    Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial verdict – as it happened

  • Journalist Lisa Wilkinson spoke after Justice Michael Lee found former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann was not defamed by Lisa Wilkinson and Ten in an interview with Brittany Higgins in which she alleged she was raped in Parliament House

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    Lisa Wilkinson: 'I sincerely hope this judgment gives hope to women around the country' – video

February 2024

  • Composite image featuring (L-R) Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann, TV journalist Lisa Wilkinson and former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins.

    Lisa Wilkinson wins bid for Ten to pay her legal fees in Bruce Lehrmann defamation case

  • Picture of Michael Mann sitting at desk

    US climate scientist Michael Mann wins $1m in defamation lawsuit

  • Ben Roberts-Smith

    Ben Roberts-Smith defamation appeal: no evidence ‘blooding the rookie’ could only mean procuring a murder, court told

  • Ben Roberts-Smith departs the Federal Court of Australia in Sydney, Monday, February 5, 2024. (AAP Image/Flavio Brancaleone) NO ARCHIVING

    Ben Roberts-Smith appeal: defamation trial evidence was ‘speculative’ and contradictory, court hears

  • John Pesutto expected to face court in Moira Deeming defamation case in September

  • Gowns, wigs and spectacle: here’s why I took Laurence Fox to court – and why my victory matters

    Crystal

January 2024

  • Grigoris Dimitriadis, nephew of Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, gestures

    Journalists who revealed Greek wiretapping scandal appear in court

  • FILES-COMBO-US-POLITICS-TRUMP-ASSAULT-JUSTICE-mass-media<br>(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on May 9, 2023 shows, writer E. Jean Carroll (L) at the Manhattan Federal Court in New York on April 25, 2023; and former US president Donald Trump at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on April 4, 2023. On May 22, 2023 former journalist E. Jean Carroll, to whom Donald Trump already owes 5 million dollars for a sexual assault in 1996, filed a new defamation suit for comments made by the former US president after the verdict. (Photo by Kena Betancur and Andrew KELLY / various sources / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR,ANDREW KELLY/AFP/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

    Trump returns to court for new E Jean Carroll trial – and it could prove costly

  • Indi Gergory court case<br>epa10966429 The High Court in London, Britain, 09 November 2023. The parents of critically ill eight-month-old Indi Gregory who has been at the centre of a High Court life-support case have mounted an appeal after failing to persuade a judge to let the baby receive end-of-life care at home. A High Court judge ruled against the child's parents and concluded that withdrawing treatment at home would be “too dangerousâ€. EPA/Tayfun Salci

    As a lawyer, I know bogus libel claims can bankrupt honest defendants. The English courts must change

    Rupert Cowper-Coles
  • Bruce Lehmann (left) Lisa Wilkinson (centre) and Brittany Higgins.

    Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyers call for substantial damages despite ‘unsatisfactory’ evidence in defamation case

December 2023

  • Composite image of former Liberal party staffers Brittany Higgins and Bruce Lehrmann.

    YouTuber ordered to front federal court over videos of Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial

  • Composite image showing Bruce Lehmann (left) Lisa Wilkinson (centre) and Brittany Higgins.

    A minister’s office and two different stories: the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial comes to a close

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