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Jeremy Leibler

February 2021

Elaine Stead, pictured with barrister Sue Chrysanthou, SC, was part of now collapsed ASX-listed fund manager Blue Sky, one of the worst corporate collapses in the past five years.

Aston verdict shows defamation laws have pole-vaulted original purpose

The courts’ role is not to police rudeness or protect hurt feelings - let alone dampen free speech and silence journalists exposing bad corporate behaviour.

Original URL: https://www.afr.com/by/jeremy-leibler-p4yw1d