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Controversy around Australian breakdancer Rachael "Raygun" Gunn at the Paris Olympics has escalated quickly. The Raygun defamation topic has sparked some interesting questions. It all started…
SKY NEWS, THE AUSTRALIAN AND DAILY TELEGRAPH APOLOGY TO ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER DANCE GROUP AND ITS MEMBERS Sky News, The Australian and the Daily…
Truth is the primary defamation defence The number one defence to any claim of defamation, is that the defamation is true. And the number one piece…
Bruce Lehrmann has been granted an extension on the usual 12-month time limit for defamation claims. Justice Michael Lee has made the decision to allow Lehrmann…
Federal Court Justice Michael Lee expressed that as Clive Palmer rejected Mark McGowan’s offer to settle back in December last year, Palmer would need to pay…
Here is our statement on the resolution of the Terrance Flowers defamation lawsuit: Media statement on Terrance Flowers Aka Kelly defamation claim against Channel Seven …
MEDIA STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF TERRANCE KELLY – 5 NOVEMBER 2021 MAN WRONGLY ACCUSED BY THE SEVEN NETWORK OF BEING ARRESTED FOR THE CLEO SMITH ABDUCTION…
a Potentially Defamatory “australian” Article In February 2019, The Australian published several online and print versions of an article entitled “NDIS provider did time for fraud“.…
MEDIA RELEASE – 1 JUNE 2020 The NSW Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, today released its decision in the matter of Fairfax, Nationwide News and Australian…
Perth man and operator of E-Station, a supplier of EV (electric vehicle) charging equipment, Patrick Finnegan, is suing for defamation as a result of three mens'…
How badly can a negative, and wholly inaccurate, Google review affect your reputation and business? Can the law properly protect your reputation in the age of…
Our principal lawyer Peter O'Brien, and solicitor Stewart O'Connell, were in the news last week. This publicity related to the defamation claim of the Yolgnu people in…
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