Michael Bradley
Managing partner at Marque Lawyers@marquelawyers
Michael Bradley is a freelance writer and managing partner at Sydney firm Marque Lawyers.
Although Blair's comments came "close to the line" of inciting severe ridicule, they didn’t quite cross it. Ultimately, the case failed.
Alan Jones will be looking for ways to lessen the impact of the $3.7 million defamation payout awarded against him. But even then, will he avoid getting into the same trouble in the future?
Calling your trial judge a Nazi is probably not a great move. But could it land Latham in contempt of court?
The former soldier has launched defamation action over a front-page story in The Age. His reputation is inevitably harmed, but the question of whether he'll win the case is a bit more complicated.
Emma Husar's political ambitions may be toast, but there are huge considerations to be made before suing for defamation.
A defamation case against David Leyonhjelm would give him all the attention he and his naughty boy mates need to survive.
Even an aggressive commissioner who manages to work around the commission's impotent framing probably won't reveal anything we don't already know.
Australia has, notoriously, the most repressive defamation laws in the English-speaking world, writes Michael Bradley.
Facebook is asking you to send it your own nudes. And the eSafety Commissioner is encouraging you to do so.
The court of public opinion, entertaining as it is, will not deliver justice.