Gazette

Derick Sands, the press photographer and erstwhile boyfriend of former federal MP Trish Draper fails in two appeals – against Channel Seven and the ABC ... more

Armidale Dumaresq Council wins defamation action brought by its former mayor. NSW Supreme Court Justice Bruce James upholds the majority of defences pleaded – truth, comment and qualified privilege – both statutory and common law ... more

Former terrorist suspect Mamdouh Habib wins appeal over Piers Akerman article that alleged he “knowingly made some false claims”. NSW Court of Appeal finds Justice Peter McClellan wrongly admitted evidence obtained while Habib was being interrogated in Pakistan and Guantanamo Bay ... more

Best-selling legal writer John Grisham stars in his own courtroom drama and wins. NSW District Court Defamation List Judge Judith Gibson reviews the US Court of Appeals’ rejection of defamation (and other) proceedings brought by three plaintiffs over several non-fiction books ... more