human rights
The Right to be Forgotten… Should it Exist in Australia?
Have you ever had an image, video or post about you that you prayed would never go viral? The reality is that the widespread use of…
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Civil Law
U.S. radio host sued for defamatory statements made regarding 2012 school shooting
The parents of two children killed in a Connecticut school shooting in 2012 have filed defamation lawsuits against Alex Jones, the radio host of InfoWars, for…
sexual harassment
Actors Make Defamation Claims Against Newspapers For #Metoo Inspired Sexual Assault Allegation
Sexual harassment allegations against two prominent actors, Geoffrey Rush and Craig McLachlan, have made prominent headlines in major newspapers. Both actors have denied the allegations and…
Royal Commissions
O’Brien Criminal and Civil Solicitors: Year in Review
O’Brien Criminal and Civil Solicitors has had a remarkable year in 2017. We are proud of the wide range of successes that we’ve had this year…
Defamation
Defamation: Recreation for the Rich or a Tool for the Powerless?
Joe Hockey’s short-lived “victory” of $200,000 in damages – awarded in his defamation suit against Fairfax – was last week dwarfed by a costs order requiring…
Defamation
ABC Defamed Aboriginal Elder
MEDIA RELEASE: ABC DEFAMED ABORIGINAL ELDER In a Judgment delivered in the Northern Territory Supreme Court late yesterday Justice Dean Mildren found that the ABC and former…
