March 8, 2020
153 Phillip congratulates Richard Potter on his recent win for the respondent in the Federal Court for the matter of
JWR Productions Australia Pty Ltd v Duncan-Watt (No 2) [2020] FCA 236
Please see the judgement below:
https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2020/2020fca0236
March 9, 2020
Member of 153 Phillip Barristers and President of the Woman Lawyer's Association of NSW, Larissa Andelman speaks about the restructure required to bridge the gender gap in the legal profession.
Please see the full article featured in the Law society journal below:
https://lsj.com.au/articles/restructure-required-to-bridge-the-gender-gap/
June 4, 2020
Congratulations to Peter Gray SC and Richard Potter on their win for Dylan Voller in the Court of Appeal in this much-discussed case. The Court confirmed that various media companies were the ‘publishers’ of comments posted by third parties to the FaceBook pages of those media companies. The report of the judgment is Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd & Ors v Voller [2020] NSWCA 102 – click here.
September 25, 2020
The plaintiff brought claims in defamation in the Supreme Court against two media organisations and the State of New South Wales. Matthew Richardson appeared for the media defendants and Sue Chrysanthou appeared for the State in obtaining an order for security for costs against the plaintiff. They successfully resisted the plaintiff’s appeal against that order in a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeal.
Read the judgement below:
Mohareb v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 231
September 30, 2020
153 Phillip Barristers is delighted to announce the appointment of Richard Potter and Sue Chrysanthou as Senior Counsel in 2020.
June 17, 2021
On 27 January and 8 February 2021, Justice Lee of the Federal Court of Australia delivered judgment for venture capitalist Dr Elaine Stead against Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd finding she had been defamed in the Rear Window column published in the Australian Financial Review print edition and website. Justice Lee awarded Dr Stead $296,500 in damages inclusive of interest. Dr Stead was also awarded costs of the proceedings including indemnity costs for the trial and a substantial proportion of the proceedings.
Sue Chrysanthou SC and Barry Dean from 153 Phillip appeared for Dr Stead.
153 Phillip congratulates Sue Chrysanthou SC and Barry Dean on this outcome.
Read the full judgments:
Stead v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 2) [2021] FCA 65
Stead v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 15
