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What the Lehrmann case means for the future of defamation law in Australia: There is little doubt that lawyers do well in defamation cases. But you rarely find a ...
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What the Lehrmann case means for the future of defamation law in Australia
Quick Glance: How Justice Michael Lee unraveled the Higgins-Lehrmann 'Omnishambles'
  • Justice Michael Lee meticulously unpicked the complex allegations in the Lehrmann-Higgins case with sharp clarity and meticulous precision.

  • Lee assessed the truth question separately for the rape and cover-up allegations, finding the former proven and the latter not.

  • He criticized Ten, Wilkinson, and her team for inadequate research efforts and found the testimonies of Lehrmann and Higgins unconvincing.

  • Lee's judgment provides valuable insights for future defamation and sexual assault prosecutions as well as for media practice.
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Will Ben Roberts-Smith's failed defamation case stand? His lawyers argue the facts don't add up
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Will Ben Roberts-Smith's failed defamation case stand? His lawyers argue ...
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Roberts-Smith fronts court as million-dollar defamation appeal starts: The former soldier is fighting to overturn a decision dismissing his multimillion-dollar ...
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Roberts-Smith fronts court as million-dollar defamation appeal starts
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Planting object on Afghan’s body may not point to murder cover-up, Roberts-Smith appeal told
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Planting object on Afghan’s body may not point to murder cover-up ...
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Roberts-Smith's gunning-down of prisoner 'corroborated', court hears: Allegations Ben Roberts-Smith dragged a prisoner with a prosthetic leg outside an Afghan ...
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Roberts-Smith's gunning-down of prisoner 'corroborated', court hears
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A masterclass in investigative journalism: Bron Sibree interviews Chris Masters: Thorough research, steadfastness and perseverance are just a few of the traits ...
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A masterclass in investigative journalism: Bron Sibree interviews Chris ...
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Butcher Ben Roberts opens new shop in Farndon: The previous shop’s retiring manager Jeremy Turner worked there for 46 years.
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Butcher Ben Roberts opens new shop in Farndon
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Kentucky vs. North Carolina basketball preview: McClatchy sports journalists Jadyn Watson-Fisher, Ben Roberts and John Clay preview the CBS Sports Classic ...
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Kentucky vs. North Carolina basketball preview
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Kerry Stokes capitulates in fight over costs of Roberts-Smith defamation battle: The move will prevent communications between the former soldier’s lawyers and ...
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Kerry Stokes capitulates in fight over costs of Roberts-Smith defamation ...
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Stokes’ Seven West Media has fallen into a dark hollow: Kerry Stokes preferred being an apologist for a criminal rather than recognising the value in public ...
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Stokes’ Seven West Media has fallen into a dark hollow
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Ben Roberts-Smith: Truth on Trial. New documentary about the military scandal exposed by journalists Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters and the ‘trial of the ... Show more
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Ben Roberts-Smith backer Ross Coulthart wins ‘pseudoscience’ award: Former journalist Ross Coulthart, who spun for war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith ...
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Ben Roberts-Smith backer Ross Coulthart wins ‘pseudoscience’ award
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Seven West Media loses fight against the release of executives’ emails: Thousands of emails between Seven West Media executives and disgraced former SAS corporal ...
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Seven West Media loses fight against the release of executives’ emails
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Ben Roberts-Smith ordered to pay additional costs in marathon defamation case: A Federal Court judge has ordered disgraced former SAS corporal Ben Roberts-Smith ...
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Ben Roberts-Smith ordered to pay additional costs in marathon defamation ...
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Truth, lies and the long road to exposing an Australian ‘hero’: When journalist Chris Masters first heard whispers about Ben Roberts-Smith ...
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Truth, lies and the long road to exposing an Australian ‘hero’
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Careful with that cane! Photo captures fans from Kentucky, Kansas fussing in the stands.
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Careful with that cane! Photo captures fans from Kentucky ...
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Police officer’s Bali holiday selfie with Ben Roberts-Smith and Zachary Rolfe leads to questions from Queensland force
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Police officer’s Bali holiday selfie with Ben Roberts-Smith and Zachary ...
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Police, war crimes investigators seek access to documents in Roberts-Smith case: The Australian Federal Police and the Office of the Special Investigator want ...
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Police, war crimes investigators seek access to documents in Roberts-Smith ...
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At the races: Surprise nod to Ben Roberts-Smith by mystery sponsor: Race seven at the Queanbeyan Race Club was, for a short time, listed as “We Support Ben ...
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At the races: Surprise nod to Ben Roberts-Smith by mystery sponsor
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Roberts-Smith should pay full costs of defamation case ‘based on a lie’, court hears
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Roberts-Smith should pay full costs of defamation case ‘based on a lie’ ...
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Disco 2 Shares New EP A House Is Not A Holiday: Ben Roberts launches his new Dead Love Triangle side project, Disco 2, with a debut EP titled A House Is Not A ...
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Disco 2 Shares New EP A House Is Not A Holiday
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The John Clay Podcast: Kentucky basketball’s gold medal play in Canada: Reviewing Kentucky basketball’s trip to Toronto where the Wildcats won the gold medal at ...
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The John Clay Podcast: Kentucky basketball’s gold medal play in Canada
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Australia confronts ‘war hero’ myth after Ben Roberts-Smith case: Veneration of veterans gained momentum in the John Howard era and the revelations from ...
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Australia confronts ‘war hero’ myth after Ben Roberts-Smith case
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Australia’s most decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith was “complicit in... the murder” of three Afghan men, says federal judge https://aje.io/a5czvd

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Decorated Australian war veteran unlawfully killed prisoners in Afghanistan, judge says
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Decorated Australian war veteran unlawfully killed prisoners in ...
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How Australia’s most decorated soldier committed war crimes: Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith lost a high-profile defamation case ...
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How Australia’s most decorated soldier committed war crimes
Quick Glance: Kerry Stokes plans next steps regarding Ben Roberts-Smith
  • Stokes expresses concerns about the decision not aligning with his knowledge of Ben Roberts-Smith.

  • Reputation is of great importance.

  • Stokes, whose family holds the majority ownership of Seven West Media, initially funded the case through the public company before transferring liability to a loan from a private company called Australian Capital Equity.

  • Ben remains on leave and will review the judgment with us to make a decision about his future in the near future.
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Australia news LIVE: RBA lifts interest rates to 11-year high; BOM issues warning for El Nino event this year
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Australia news LIVE: RBA lifts interest rates to 11-year high; BOM issues ...
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Ben Roberts-Smith judgment shows few have ever fallen so far: Justice Anthony Besanko’s full verdict describes how Australia’s most decorated soldier lied to ...
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Ben Roberts-Smith judgment shows few have ever fallen so far
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Australia news LIVE: Ben Roberts-Smith labelled ‘not an honest and reliable witness’; RBA to decide on interest rates
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Australia news LIVE: Ben Roberts-Smith labelled ‘not an honest and ...
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Australia news LIVE: Ben Roberts-Smith resigns from Channel Seven after losing historic defamation case against Nine newspapers; PM heads to Singapore
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Australia news LIVE: Ben Roberts-Smith resigns from Channel Seven after ...
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In Australian defamation court, a proxy 'war crimes trial' nears judgement: SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith was lauded ...
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In Australian defamation court, a proxy 'war crimes trial' nears judgement
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The John Clay Podcast: After the 2022-23 season, what’s next for Kentucky basketball?
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The John Clay Podcast: After the 2022-23 season, what’s next for Kentucky ...
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Texas may be trying to steal John Calipari from Kentucky: John Calipari has been at Kentucky since 2009 and he's led the Wildcats to a wild (pun intended) amount ...
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Texas may be trying to steal John Calipari from Kentucky