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Entries in Defamation (14)

Friday
May232014

Hocking the budget

Essential programs slashed and burnt in Hockey budget - including Bret Walker's job ... Here comes Mega-Trib ... Fancy bookshelves ruled out-of-order for Chinese judges ... How to get a remedy against an indigent blogger  

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Sunday
May112014

Watergate

ICAC probes "sham" documents ... Water, water everywhere ... When shares in Di Girolamo's waterworks company transformed into a loan ... The O'Greeds ... Claims of "false instrument" ... Barrister questioned at ICAC ... Defamatorium   

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Friday
May022014

Kerry - Not Stoked

No proceeds of crime for Corby ... Solicitor for Channel 7 gets nice little grovel from AFP commissioner ... No injunction or suppression orders for Kerry Stokes or his lawyer in defamation proceedings ... Blogger blowout 

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Wednesday
Jan292014

Indemnity costs for egregiousness 

Defamatorium ... Clive Palmer's lessons in how not to wage a defamation action ... Acting for himself, then switching back to lawyers ... Failure to comply with case management rules ... Delays ... Last minute attempt to reactivate his case ... Submission for judge to recuse herself ... The kitchen sink ... Indemnity costs 

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Monday
Jan272014

Recusal perusal

Defamatorium ... Bias ... An abundance of applications for female defamation judges to recuse themselves ... Relatively few male judges face the same issue ... Why is this so? 

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Tuesday
Nov052013

Operatic costume change 

Defamatorium ... Kim Williams lawyers-up against the newspaper his lawyers used to defend ... Opera House hissy fit denied ... Working both sides of Libel Street ... It's not over till the fat lady sings 

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Sunday
Aug252013

Race for the money 

Lawyers fees slashed ... Bills unpaid ... Client and former solicitors in dispute over money ... Solicitors who were sacked from defamation case having trouble getting their hands of their costs ... Client wants the money paid to him ... Trouble in libel land ... Defamatorium 

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Wednesday
Feb132013

Hurt feelings

Latest thrills and spills around the Defamation Court ... Reputations under fire ... Tony Renshaw v Lawyers Weekly ... Chief Madge v Daily Tele ... Ashurst Partner v Fairfax ... Littlemore, gentle but firm ... Defamatorium 

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Friday
Nov302012

The art of the menacing letter

Lawyers' threatening letters ... Heavy handed attempts to get the media or campaigning activists to back-off ... Spectre of defamation proceedings and aggravated damages ... Huffing and puffing that goes nowhere 

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Friday
Mar162012

Is there something amusing, Mr Foreman?

Updated on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 by Registered CommenterJustinian

Defamatorium ... Outburst from barrister … Solicitor suing Financial Review loses injurious falsehood case, wins in defamation ... Juror looked chastened after being directly addressed by counsel during summing-up … How to handle an outburst from the bar table  

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Friday
Feb042011

Rupe's in town and Sky does some sacking

Forget Egypt ... The biggest news in Britain is the performance of a couple of buffoon sports commentators on Rupe's Sky network ... The Red Tops in a frenzy over sexist wisecracks ... More defo and privacy actions loom ... Leverhulme sorts out Tony Blair ... Chilcot's sure to nail the former PM

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Wednesday
Nov102010

Clutz case done in Styles

Mediation to commence in the sexual harassment case brought by solicitor Bridgette Styles against the big law shop Clayton Utz

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Thursday
Sep092010

Stalled at the cab rank

A defamation action by three former employees of Keddies against the law firm has hit a snag ... McClintock withdraws after Keddies' partners object ... Trial delayed ... No senior barristers available ... Law firm overcharging to be probed in libel trial

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Tuesday
Jun152010

Clayton Utz in workplace defo drama

Former Clayton Utz solicitor sues the firm for defamation … Email sent at the direction of former Law Soc prez Joe Catanzariti … Partners argue that proposed amended statement of claim “seriously prejudices them” ... Justice Simpson says firm’s submission is “inapt”

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