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Elaine Stead entering court last year.

Financial Review ordered to pay large share of Stead’s $1.1 million costs

It was unreasonable for The Australian Financial Review to reject an offer to settle Elaine Stead’s defamation case for $190,000 plus costs, a Federal Court judge has ruled.

  • Michaela Whitbourn

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Businesswoman Elaine Stead leaves the Federal Court last year.

‘A type of slow death’: Elaine Stead awarded $280,000 in Financial Review defamation case

Dr Stead, a businesswoman, was referred to as a “feminist cretin” in one of a series of columns which a judge found amounted to bullying.

  • Georgina Mitchell
Elaine Stead who is suing AFR reporter Joe Aston arrives at the Supreme Court.

Cretin jibe in Financial Review column 'cruel', judge says in defamation case

The barrister acting for venture capitalist Elaine Stead said The Australian Financial Review should be paying damages "at the top of the range".

  • Michaela Whitbourn
AFR columnist Joe Aston leaving the Federal Court on Monday.

Financial Review columnist joked businesswoman 'doesn't have a brain'

Private messages were read in the Federal Court on Tuesday in the defamation fight between Rear Window columnist Joe Aston and venture capitalist Elaine Stead.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Elaine Stead is suing the Financial Review and its columnist, Joe Aston for defamation.

Financial Review columnist defends calling businesswoman a cretin

The Financial Review’s Rear Window columnist Joe Aston gave evidence in the Federal Court on Monday and agreed he was fearless in his use of language.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Elaine Stead, centre, and her sister Olivia, right, outside the Federal Court in Sydney on Wednesday.

'Witty and exaggerated': Financial Review column defended in defamation case

The barrister acting for the newspaper in its defamation battle with venture capitalist Elaine Stead says the columns do not convey the defamatory claims she alleges.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
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Elaine Stead, followed by her sister Olivia, outside the Federal Court in Sydney on Wednesday.

'I felt utterly powerless,' venture capitalist says of Financial Review column

Elaine Stead said the presence of highly critical columns about her online made it difficult for her to rebuild her career.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Elaine Stead and her sister Olivia outside the Federal Court in Sydney on Wednesday.

Businesswoman tells court Financial Review 'targeted' her in columns

Venture capitalist Elaine Stead is suing the newspaper for defamation over two columns, including one branding her a "feminist cretin".

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Dr Elaine Stead ran Blue Sky's venture capital exposure.

Businesswoman sues Financial Review over 'feminist cretin' column

The barrister for venture capitalist Elaine Stead alleged the newspaper and its high-profile columnist Joe Aston targeted her because she is a woman and she should receive "huge" damages.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Blue Sky collapsed in May 2019 after a short seller 'attack' raised serious questions about the value of its assets.

Blue Sky staffer 'sacked' after blowing whistle over fake values

New York-based former Blue Sky employee Tim Meyer says he was sacked after he reported the since collapsed fund manager's "unethical business practices".

  • Sarah Danckert

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