December 2024
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- Legal profession
Meet the eight new judges joining the Federal Court
The president of the Victorian Bar, the head of ANU Law School and leading commercial barristers are among a swathe of new appointments.
- Maxim Shanahan
September 2024
Afghanistan’s long dark shadow still hangs over the military
Two major reports this week brought home painful reminders of the legacy of Australia’s contribution to the war on terror. Will anything change?
- Andrew Tillett
July 2024
Accident puts war crimes judge in wheelchair
The severe injuries sustained by Mark Weinberg, KC, are a blow to the Office of the Special Investigator into war crimes in Afghanistan.
- Michael Pelly
May 2024
Ad giant Dentsu’s epic losses no big deal for Japanese parent
Dentsu spends more than $1 billion every year in Australia on behalf of its clients, including Woolworths. It has lost $170 million over the past three years.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
April 2024
Thousands join Anzac services as nation seeks to heal
Anzac Day was labelled a chance for Sydney to come together and heal after a series of terrifying knife attacks.
- Gus McCubbing
- Analysis
- Legal profession
Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer, Mark O’Brien, is on a losing streak
Losses in high-profile cases have experts wondering if Sydney’s client-friendly defamation culture is changing.
- Aaron Patrick
Taking out the Bruce Lehrmann trash
Historic day leaves Seven counting the costs of its sullied Spotlight exclusive.
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- Mark Di Stefano
Up in the air: Seven’s new boss braces for impact
Jeff Howard watched ex-Seven producer Taylor Auerbach give evidence on Friday while flying back from Adelaide, two weeks before he takes over Seven’s top job.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones and Max Mason
Ghosts of Seven’s past return to haunt executives
Outgoing Seven West Media CEO James Warburton preps his successor, as the notice period drags on.
- Mark Di Stefano
February 2024
- Analysis
- Defamation
Who’s winning the three big cases of the year? The lawyers, of course
Three of the biggest cases of 2023 have been back in court this week, with Ben Roberts-Smith, Lisa Wilkinson and Shane Drumgold all seeking vindication.
- Michael Pelly
Ben Roberts-Smith fronts court as 10-day appeal starts
The war veteran sat in court on Monday as his team of top-tier barristers attempted to overturn his landmark defamation loss over war crimes media reporting.
- Miklos Bolza
December 2023
Kerry Stokes walks away from SAS defence charity
The mogul has stepped down from an SAS charity he co-founded.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
BRS emails to stay secret after Stokes agrees to cover Nine’s costs
Kerry Stokes has agreed to pay the costs of Ben Roberts-Smith’s failed defamation case, meaning a cache of emails between the billionaire, his corporate fixer and the disgraced soldier’s legal team will stay secret.
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- Max Mason
November 2023
Stokes, Seven lose fight to keep Roberts-Smith emails under wraps
Nine Entertainment is pursuing Australian Capital Equity and Seven for costs for the disgraced soldier’s failed defamation action.
- Max Mason
Kerry Stokes and Seven’s questionable taste in men
It was revealed in court on Tuesday that Bruce Lehrmann’s rent was being paid by Seven in exchange for interviews with the network.
- Mark Di Stefano
Roberts-Smith to pay 95pc of Nine’s costs in defamation mega-trial
Justice Anthony Besanko awarded indemnity costs to Nine because the disgraced soldier knew what he was being accused of was substantially true.
- Max Mason
Is David McBride a whistleblower, a criminal or both?
The army lawyer says he leaked secret documents to defend Australian soldiers accused of illegal killings in Afghanistan, not expose them.
- Aaron Patrick
October 2023
Kerry Stokes spurns doing a Rupert, rides again
Billionaire Kerry Stokes renominates as director of Seven West Media; behind the ABC’s decision to block ChatGPT’s web crawler; The Market Herald’s rebrand.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones and Mark Di Stefano
Kerry Stokes, Bruce McWilliam, Seven emails ‘personally embarrassing’
Releasing thousands of emails between Ben Roberts-Smith’s legal team, Kerry Stokes’ Australian Capital Equity and Seven could result in “substantial injustice”.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
July 2023
Kerry Stokes, Seven forced to hand over Roberts-Smith case emails
Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes and his commercial director Bruce McWilliam will be forced to hand over thousands of their emails exchanged with Ben Roberts-Smith’s legal team.
- Max Mason