Category: Seminars, interviews & commentary

Seminars, interviews & commentary    July 27, 2026

Responses to Hanson v Faruqi

Full Court of Federal Court of Australia ... One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson and Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi issue statements ... Follows loss of appeal by Hanson over breach of Racial Discrimination Act ... Hanson considers appeal ... Dangers for freedom of speech ... Faruqi welcomes outcome ... Hate speech is not free speech ... Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more

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Seminars, interviews & commentary    July 21, 2026

Privacy injunctions and reputation considerations

What weight should be given to reputational considerations when granting injunctions for breach of privacy claims? ... The Hon Peter Applegarth AM KC engages with the arguments ... Rule in Bonnard v Perryman concerning injunctions in defamation claims ... Characterisation of claims as defamation in disguise ... Problems with that approach ... Reconsidering Bonnard v Perryman ... Privacy claims and harm to reputation ... more

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Seminars, interviews & commentary    May 28, 2026

Interview with leading American defamation academics

What does the existence and threat of defamation lawsuits by President Trump and other Executive officers mean for press freedom in the United States? ... Two leading lights in American defamation scholarship offer their views ... Is freedom of speech concerning public figures at risk? ... Chilling effect of litigation ... Guest contributor Floyd Alexander-Hunt reports ... more

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Seminars, interviews & commentary    March 11, 2026

Bottrill v Graham (No 2)

Serious harm element in Defamation Act ... Preliminary determination of serious harm ... Special circumstances ... Consideration of Bottrill v Graham (No 2) ... Holdings in other cases ... Factors to be considered in opting for preliminary determination ... Nathan Buck, Partner at Kennedys, weighs up the benefits and downsides ... more

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Seminars, interviews & commentary    March 11, 2026

R v Millan

Western Australian District Court ... Victorian media coalition call for change to mental health grounds for suppression orders ... Western Australian test is "interests of justice" ... Judicial consideration of application for suppression of identity on potential harm to mental health grounds ... Nick Stagg, Patrick McCarthy and Jack Winchester of Steedman Stagg Lawyers offer their perspective ... more

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Seminars, interviews & commentary    January 26, 2026

Defamation, privacy and media law in 2025: The year in review

The year in review ... Political figures continue to dominate headlines in court battles ... Slow start for privacy tort ... Win for public interest defence ... Roberts-Smith exhausts his options ... ABC loses unfair dismissal claim ... Lawyer in battle with sovereign citizens ... Wrap up of damages ... Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more

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Seminars, interviews & commentary    November 24, 2025

Interview with Rod Christie-Miller, Executive Chairman, Schillings

Interview with Rod Christie-Miller, Executive Chairman and Partner of Schillings ... Renowned London firm spreading its wings ... Global alliance can follow the sun ... Emerging threats to privacy and reputation ... Expansion into cyber security, investigations, strategic communications ... Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more

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Seminars, interviews & commentary    May 29, 2025

Serious invasion of privacy: A new tort

Level 22 Chambers hosts seminar on new tort of serious invasion of privacy ... Broad overview of tort ... Statutory interpretation ... Journalists' exemption ... Role of injunctions ... Rule in Bonnard v Perryman ... Overlap between defamation and privacy ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more

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Seminars, interviews & commentary    March 18, 2025

Review of recent developments in defamation law

Communications and Media Law Association (CAMLA) ... Insiders forum on recent developments in defamation and media law ... Significant cases from 2024 ... Investment in public interest journalism ... Forum shopping ... Serious harm ... Concerns notices ... Privacy tort ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more

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Seminars, interviews & commentary    January 6, 2025

Journalism and the law in 2024: The year in review

The year in review ... 2024 saw actions arising from the political sphere ... Impact from Brittany Higgins' account of her rape continues to reverberate ... Victorian Opposition Leader loses case and his leadership ... Privacy reforms at the legislative and judicial fronts ... Workplace actions in spotlight ... Miscellany ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more

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Seminars, interviews & commentary    December 2, 2024

Vale Tom Hughes AO KC: 1923 – 2024

Tom Hughes AO KC dies, aged 101 ... Distinguished career in law and politics ... A "lion" of the Sydney Bar ... Renowned for work in defamation ... Law texts still cover a range of his cases up to the Privy Council ... Renowned as an advocate ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reflects ... more

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Seminars, interviews & commentary    November 20, 2024

Justice Lee on “reasonableness”

Federal Court of Australia ... Justice Michael Lee addresses the Communication and Media Law Association (CAMLA) ... Survey of the requirement of reasonableness in statutory qualified privilege and public interest defences ... Call for single code of conduct for media to better reflect the law ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more

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