Defamation
Star reporter fronts court after Roberts-Smith’s win over ‘secret recording’
Nick McKenzie told the court he was “motivated to find evidence of the truth” and under intense pressure during Roberts-Smith’s defamation case.
- Michaela Whitbourn and Amber Schultz
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Roberts-Smith’s bid to force Nine lawyers to give evidence in appeal
The former SAS soldier is seeking to overturn a landmark defamation decision which found he committed war crimes in Afghanistan.
- Clare Sibthorpe
‘Broken and destroyed’: Mother denied final goodbye at daughter’s funeral
Teresa Moraitis wanted to put her daughter’s favourite flowers in her hands at her funeral. She was horrified to discover why she couldn’t.
- Carla Jaeger
Roberts-Smith’s appeal dealt blow after ‘fishing expedition’ cut down
The disgraced soldier has suffered a setback to his defamation appeal after a judge threw out or cut back wide-ranging demands made by his lawyers.
- Perry Duffin
Drake claims Kendrick performance was ‘orchestrated to assassinate’ his character
The Canadian rapper says Kendrick Lamar’s performance of diss track Not Like This at the Super Bowl exposed “millions” of children to the track.
- Cindy Yin
State of Melbourne funeral home ‘disgraceful, appalling’, experts tell court
The embalmer at a funeral home at the centre of a defamation case has rejected suggestions her preparation room was below standard after a court was shown images of bodies stacked on trays.
- Erin Pearson
‘Skeletons in my closet’: Funeral director in libel case denies being heartless
Peter Tziotzis said everyone had skeletons in their closet, but he denied stealing or deliberately retaining clothing and jewellery found at his funeral home by police.
- Hannah Kennelly
Funeral director didn’t look at body for five weeks, court told
Peter Tziotzis admitted he would not have seen the body until weeks after the woman’s death, but denied the error was an attempt to mislead.
- Erin Pearson
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- Courts
Lisa Wilkinson launches fresh salvo in fight with Bruce Lehrmann
The former co-host of Ten’s The Project has urged an appeal court to uphold a finding that the former Liberal staffer is a rapist.
- Michaela Whitbourn
Undertaker Peter Tziotzis fronts grave robber defamation trial
When Teresa Moraitis had her daughter’s body exhumed from its place of burial, she says she never imagined she’d find her unclothed and missing her gold jewellery.
- Erin Pearson
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