Federal Court ... Detailed look at Justice Michael Lee's rejection of qualified privilege defence mounted by Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson ... Did Justice Lee adopt a counsel of perfection in sharp observations regarding the reasonableness of Network Ten and Wilkinson's conduct ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Category: Trial reports
Munjed Al Muderis v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd & Ors
Federal Court ... Retired plastic surgeon John Anstee gives evidence in defamation proceedings brought by Munjed Al Muderis ... Appeared on 60 Minutes and featured in articles ... Initially wary of cooperating on an "uncritical eulogy" ... Finds payment of agent "appalling" ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Bruce Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Limited & Anor
Federal Court ... Brittany Higgins makes submissions on attacks on her credit ... Points to statement in master chronology prepared for Bruce Lehrmann of the possibility she was drugged on the evening she alleges she was raped ... Rejects attacks on credits and points to trauma ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Bruce Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Limited & Anor
Federal Court ... Court hears evidence of Bruce Lehrmann's media advisor negotiating key aspects of Lehrmann's deal with Seven ... Closing submissions on evidence from Taylor Auerbach ... Harman undertaking breach neither trifling nor exusable ... Lehrmann's senior counsel downplays consequences of evidence ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Bruce Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Limited & Anor
Federal Court ... Fresh evidence in defamation proceedings brought by Bruce Lehrmann against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson ... Follows affidavits from former Spotlight producer ... Seven produces material in response to re-listed subpoenas ... Taylor Auerbach tells of Seven picking up tab for drugs and sex workers ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Bruce Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Limited & Anor
Federal Court ... Seven Network's conduct in securing Bruce Lehrmann's participation in exclusive interviews in the spotlight ... Allegations from former Spotlight producer amounting to breach of Harman obligations ... Allegations documents were destroyed around time of broadcast ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Munjed Al Muderis v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd & Ors
Federal Court ... Court hears from Lisa Calan, Kurdish film maker, who underwent osseointegration in 2017 ... Tells Court of wanting to stay in Australia to recover but denied over asylum fears ... Court hears from former patient who underwent implant on arm ... Emotional evidence from his mother ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Munjed Al Muderis v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd & Ors
Federal Court ...Court hears from rehabilitation physician who recommended patient not undergo osseointegration ... Evidence from prospective patient turned off by insistence on commitment ... Evidence from patient who suffered excruciating pain following neurectomy ...Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Munjed Al Muderis v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd & Ors
Federal Court ... Evidence in proceedings brought by surgeon Munjed Al Muderis against Nine Network and three journalists ... Court hears from patient-advocate ... Evidence from orthopaedic surgeon ... Two Cambodian patients give evidence remotely ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Munjed Al Muderis v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd & Ors
Federal Court ... Former nurse continues giving evidence in proceedings brought by surgeon Munjed Al Muderis against Nine Network ... Court hears from former patients ... Expert evidence on embolisms ... Fellow orthopaedic surgeon gives evidence ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Munjed Al Muderis v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd & Ors
Federal Court ... Former nurse gives evidence in proceedings brought by surgeon Munjed Al Muderis against Nine Network ... Tells Court of forging signatures on prescriptions and passing on details of patients to journalist ... Tells of engaging in sales tactics to persuade patients to undertake surgery ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Bruce Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Limited & Anor
Federal Court ... Network Ten tells Court not necessary to recall Brittany Higgins over $2.4 million settlement deed with Commonwealth ... Follows submissions from counsel for Bruce Lehrmann that there were inconsistencies between deed and evidence at trial ... Whether necessary to accord Higgins procedural fairness ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more