Queensland Court of Appeal freezes payments to the Corby family from Schapelle Corby’s book My Story and interviews her sister Mercedes gave to New Idea. The Corbys have missed the June 15 appeal deadline ... more
Triple M gets summary judgment for professional cyclist Mark French set aside. French’s solicitor acted in a “precipitate and unwarranted, if nonetheless legal” manner, says Justice Bongiorno ... more
Use of AVOs not readily available to impede journalists seeking footage for a story. No reasonable ground to fear harassment. Costs order against Jim Byrne ... more
The fact that proceedings were likely to be lengthy, complex and acrimonious did not mean that a jury should not sit as the tribunal of fact in a section 7A trial ... more
Trade union action against The Sydney Morning Herald struck out after failure to plead special damage ... more
Journalist Paul Barry escapes charge of criminal libel after ruling by Chief Justice of the ACT ... more
Justice Levine finds that defamation proceedings amounted to menacing of a newspaper’s advertisers. Plaintiff’s case dismissed as an abuse of process ... more
