It was a masterclass in dispassionate legal dissection with lessons for future defamation and sexual assault prosecutions, and for media practice Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast In determining that Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins,
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The university student has hired a defamation lawyer after the TV network incorrectly named him without confirmation from police Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The Sydney
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Solicitor general warns that ruling indefinite detention unlawful could turn federal circuit court into ‘refugee tribunal’ Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Asylum seekers would have a “constitutional right” to be released from immigration detention
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Defamation is often used to silence women and the media speaking out on gender-based violence. Hopefully this decision deters such cases In the much-anticipated cause celebre defamation case, Justice Michael Lee found that Bruce Lehrmann did rape Brittany Higgins. Finally, vindication for
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In a high-profile defamation case, justice Michael Lee found that former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann, on the balance of probabilities, raped his then colleague Brittany Higgins inside Parliament House in 2019. Read More Law Report
Julie Inman Grant issues notices compelling companies to remove offending material within 24 hours Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Facebook’s parent company Meta and X/Twitter have
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Lawsuit against The Cosmetic Institute alleges patients in NSW and Queensland experienced heart problems, punctured lungs and seizures Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Women who allegedly
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Is he his own worst enemy? See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading… Read More Law (Australia) | The Guardian
The judge criticised the way Channel Ten handled the story, but found Brittany Higgins’ evidence on the central allegation ‘honest and accurate’ “Having escaped the lions’ den, Mr Lehrmann made the mistake of going back for his hat.” Or another way of
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Lehrmann is suing Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson in the federal court of Australia for defamation. Follow the latest news and updates from the judgment today Watch the Bruce Lehrmann live stream on YouTube here In 2021, the Liberal staffer Brittany
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