Defamation Case Studies
O’Brien Criminal and Civil Solicitors represents clients who have made defamation claims (sometimes called libel or slander) as well as defending clients who are defendants in defamation claims. In certain circumstances, we can take these cases on a No-Win, No-Fee cost arrangement. Read about some of our defamation case studies below.
- Stewart O'Connell
- March 10, 2026
John was libelled in an article relating to a company he started, but then
- Stewart O'Connell
- March 14, 2026
Oliver was previously acquitted of a murder charge. However, a Sydney based tabloid paper
- Stewart O'Connell
- March 10, 2026
A tabloid media company posted a photo of Ryan, stating that he was a
- Stewart O'Connell
- March 10, 2026
A tabloid news company wrote an article about Peter and a family member who
- Stewart O'Connell
- March 10, 2026
Tom* suffered defamation in a national tabloid magazine. The magazine stated he had an
- Stewart O'Connell
- March 10, 2026
The news outlets had run a story regarding the arrest of a Mr. QTX
- Stewart O'Connell
- March 10, 2026
Esther Rockett, our client, was a Byron Bay-based acupuncturist and healthcare activist. She curated
- Stewart O'Connell
- March 10, 2026
A media organisation, Nationwide News Pty Ltd, with a well known newspaper in the
- Stewart O'Connell
- March 10, 2026
In 2015 Nationwide published an article in The Sunday Telegraph. This conveyed imputations to
- Stewart O'Connell
- March 10, 2026
Our client AMQ was an Indigenous Australian man who found out that his photo
- Stewart O'Connell
- March 10, 2026
MXM, a news publication, faced a lawsuit for defamation. The case followed the distribution
- Stewart O'Connell
- March 25, 2026
At the 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra, our client (RK),