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.
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News Article Incorrectly uses Client’s Photo
Our client AMQ was an Indigenous Australian man who found out that his photo
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Shane Bazzi wins defamation appeal against Peter Dutton
Full Court of the Federal Court overturns the decision of now retired Judge Richard
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Acquitted of murder but titled ‘killer’ by tabloid – Defamation Case Study
Oliver was previously acquitted of a murder charge. However, a Sydney based tabloid paper
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Wraydeh: Wrongly named brother loses defamation appeal
A case of mistaken identity led a man to sue two media organisations for
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Compensation for Defamation in Tabloid Magazine
Tom* suffered defamation in a national tabloid magazine. The magazine stated he had an
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Compensation for defamation following false imputations of criminal activity: BPS
The news outlets had run a story regarding the arrest of a Mr. QTX
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Defamatory Google review successfully removed
A medical professional received a defamatory Google review from an unhappy patient. We sent
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Defamation in the nightly news broadcast with allegation of animal cruelty
News outlet runs a story in the nightly news and online saying our clients
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Mistaken Identity: Settlement for defamation in Australian Newspaper
John was libelled in an article relating to a company he started, but then
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SD v XY Pty Ltd – Client receives compensation for defamation and breach of privacy claims
A media organisation, Nationwide News Pty Ltd, with a well known newspaper in the
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Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Vass
In 2015 Nationwide published an article in The Sunday Telegraph. This conveyed imputations to