Federal Court ... Media scion Lachlan Murdoch agrees to pay Crikey's costs in full ... Amounts to $1.3 million ... Crikey agrees to forward crowdfunding of $588,735 to Alliance for Journalists' Freedom ... Follows Murdoch's discontinuation of proceedings ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Category: Costs
Jean Khazen Nassif v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd & Anor
Federal Court ... Harbour Radio and Ray Hadley seek $1.53 million in security for proceedings brought by controversial Sydney property developer ... Jean Nassif is overseas, wanted by police, and his companies are facing liquidation ... Harbour Radio seeks guillotine order dismissing proceedings if security not met ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Ben Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications; The Age Company; Federal Capital Press
Federal Court ... Justice Besanko declines to set aside subpoenas to Seven entities and Roberts-Smith legal team ... Subpoenas directed to issue of third party costs ... Seven and lawyers argued subpoenas too broad ... Reasons to come ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Network Ten Pty Ltd v van Onselen (No 2)
NSW Supreme Court ... Former Network Ten political editor Peter van Onselen ordered to pay Network Ten's costs ... Followed Network obtaining declaration that van Onselen had breached non-disparagement clause ... Lack of injunction no indication of partial success ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Ben Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications; The Age Company; Federal Capital Press
Federal Court ... Court hears argument on setting aside third party costs subpoenas ... Counsel for Seven interests argues subpoenas trawling exercise and casts a dragnet ... Counsel for respondents say relevance downplayed and burden overplayed ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 42)
Federal Court ... Seven Network and Kerry Stokes fail in bid to set aside subpoenas over third party costs in Roberts-Smith trial ... Subpoenas narrowed to exclude compliance with earlier subpoenas, advice on third party costs, pre-publication advice ... Justice Besanko rejects effort to narrow timing ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Around the courts
Security for costs at centre of three actions ... County Court of Victoria - Shading company ordered to pay $50,000 security in injurious falsehood claim ... Federal Court - Discovery dispute and possible application for costs headed for registrar ... Federal Court - Cambodian PM's nephew ordered to pay $80,000 in security ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Scott v Bodley (No 3)
NSW District Court ... Partial indemnity costs awarded against house painter who failed to establish serious harm ... Judge Gibson considers Federal Court's position on section 40 of the Defamation Act ... "Blow to concepts of uniformity" ... Impact of costs contrary to excitement and allure of media reports ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Hoser v Herald and Weekly Times Pty Ltd & Anor (Ruling as to Costs)
County Court of Victoria ... Snake catcher Raymond Hoser to pay costs of Herald and Weekly Times and crime reporter on indemnity basis ... Two offers to settle were made ... Second offer offered an article and $10,000 to settle ... Unreasonable to reject offer ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Burston v Hanson (No 2)
Federal Court ... Pauline Hanson to pay costs of former colleague Brian Burston on party/party basis ... No reason to depart from ordinary rule of costs following event ... No grounds to find disentitling conduct ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Brian Burston v Pauline Hanson
Federal Court ... Former senator Brian Burston's win against Pauline Hanson a "pyrrhic victory", court told ... Hanson seeks orders requiring parties to bear own costs ... Burston's counsel argues revisionism, and that costs should follow the event ... Should "not give a runner up prize for Ms Hanson" ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Shane Bazzi v Peter Dutton
Federal Court ... Full Court adjourns costs hearing in Bazzi v Dutton ... Comes after late night affidavit revises bill ... Guy Reynolds SC raises "theoretically" the possibility of "sham bills" ... Barry Dean, counsel for Bazzi, rejects possibility of windfall for his client ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more