There is little doubt that lawyers do well in defamation cases. But you rarely find a plaintiff who,at the end of the trial,believes they made the right move in suing.
The people of the electorate of Cook vote in Saturday’s byelection just as Scott Morrison,the MHR who represented them for 17 years,has his reputation as prime minister tarnished once again.
The ever-growing cluster of self-immolation surrounding the Lehrmann case has now remorselessly spread to journalism,thrusting it into the unaccustomed role of guilty bystander while besmirching a profession vitally important to a fairer society.
McClymont and McKenzie have been nominated for the Graham Perkin Australian journalist of the year award for their work on major investigations over the past year.
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The war veteran’s high-stakes defamation appeal drew to a close on Friday,as his barrister urged a court to overturn a decision finding he was complicit in four murders.
The newspapers defending former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation appeal say one of their key witnesses gave truthful evidence about a murder.
The witnesses – who detailed the killing of villager Ali Jan by Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith – should be believed,despite efforts by the disgraced soldier’s legal team to undermine their credibility,a court has been told.
The barrister acting for the newspapers has told the former soldier’s appeal there were only minor differences in the evidence of witnesses about the death of an Afghan prisoner with a prosthetic leg.
The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald have argued an appeal court should not overturn murder findings made against the former SAS corporal.
The war veteran’s bid to overturn a decision dismissing his defamation suit should be rejected,The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald have told an appeal court.