Federal Court ... Closing submissions wrap up in Ben Roberts-Smith trial ... Arthur Moses SC makes submissions on allegations Roberts-Smith sought to suborn and intimidate witnesses ... Nicholas Owens SC makes submissions in reply .. Points to inappropriate borrowings from criminal law ... Addresses lacuna arguments ... Decision reserved ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Category: Trial reports
Ben Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications; The Age Company; Federal Capital Press
Federal Court ... Arthur Moses SC tells court defence records show adolescent was released, not executed ... Submissions on bullying allegations ... Matthew Richardson SC addresses court on Chora mission in 2006 ... Submissions on allegations of domestic violence ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Ben Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications; The Age Company; Federal Capital Press
Federal Court ... Roberts-Smith's counsel Arthur Moses SC continues submissions on justification case ... Account of elderly man being executed in tunnel courtyard implausible with hive of activity ... Submissions on Darwan mission in 2012 ... Submissions on Chenartu mission ... Submissions on Faisal ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Ben Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications; The Age Company; Federal Capital Press
Federal Court ... Arthur Moses SC makes submissions on truth defence ... Questions plausibility of decorated and recognisable soldier committing "wanton acts of murder" ... Likens case to Cardinal Pell prosecution ... Some witnesses "liars and perjurers" ... Gravity of consequences ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Ben Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications; The Age Company; Federal Capital Press
Federal Court ... Nicholas Owens SC concludes open court submissions on truth defence for respondents ... Asks court to reject "outmoded and outdated and discredited" attitudes to domestic violence ... Addresses court on bullying allegations ... Alleged assault of Person 17 ... Credit issues ... Lyndelle Barnett addresses court on meaning and damages ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Ben Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications; The Age Company; Federal Capital Press
Federal Court ... Nicholas Owens SC continues closing submissions for third day ... Tells court "consciousness of guilt" can be inferred from false evidence on removal of Afghan officer ... Submissions on Chenartu mission involving execution of detainee by partner force soldier ... Submissions on Faisal mission involving execution of adolescent ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Ben Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications; The Age Company; Federal Capital Press
Federal Court ... Nicholas Owens SC continues closing submissions for respondents ... Claims a culture of silence in SAS led to blind eye turned to war crimes ... Addresses evidence concerning Whiskey 108 ... Turns attention to allegations man was kicked off cliff at Darwan ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Ben Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications; The Age Company; Federal Capital Press
Federal Court ... Closing submissions in Roberts-Smith trial ... Arthur Moses SC disavows descriptions of "trial of the century" and "proxy war crimes trial" ... Matthew Richardson SC makes case for aggravated and special damages ... Nicholas Owens SC makes submissions on justification case ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Brian Burston v Pauline Hanson
Day seven of Burston v Hanson ... Closing submissions conclude ... Defences of justification and common law qualified privilege reply to attack ... Arguments of malice and disproportionate reply ... Bruce McClintock SC speaks his last words to a court ...Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Brian Burston v Pauline Hanson
Day six of Burston v Hanson ... Senator Hanson's chief of staff, James Ashby, gives evidence ... Considered himself and then senator Brian Burston equals when texting him ... Tells of preparing speech about unnamed senator as a shot across Burston's bow ... Closing submissions commence ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Brian Burston v Pauline Hanson
Day five of Burston v Hanson ... Former office manager Wendy Leach gives evidence ... Tells court of being offered sex by former senator Brian Burston ... Tells court of another staffer feeling "groomed" ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more
Brian Burston v Pauline Hanson
Second day of Burston v Hanson ... Former One Nation senator Brian Burston continues in cross-examination ... Cross examined on treatment of women staffers ... Agrees that he briefed journalist on relationship between staffer and another senator ... Legal fees funded by Clive Palmer for first twelve months ... Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports ... more