by 153 Phillip | Aug 16, 2022 | Latest News, News
On 12 August 2022, Richard Potter joined a panel of speakers at the Canberra Writers Festival in a session titled ‘So Sue me!’ along with journalists Karen Middleton, Louise Milligan, Ginger Gorman and Michael West. Topics included the new public interest defence...
by 153 Phillip | May 17, 2022 | Latest News, News
On 17 May 2022, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia delivered judgment (Bazzi v Dutton [2022] FCAFC 84) allowing an appeal Shane Bazzi brought against a defamation judgment Commonwealth Defence Minister Peter Dutton had obtained against him for posting a...
by 153 Phillip | May 17, 2022 | Latest News, News
On 29 April 2022, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia (Rares, Wigney and Lee JJ) delivered judgment (Herron v HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd [2022] FCAFC 68) allowing an appeal Dr John Gill brought against a judgment of the Court dismissing...
by 153 Phillip | Apr 26, 2022 | Latest News, News
Kieran Smark SC has been acknowledged as this year’s leading Defamation and Media Lawyer in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in Australia. Congratulations Kieran.
by 153 Phillip | Apr 22, 2022 | Latest News, News
153 Phillip congratulates Sue Chrysanthou SC and Hussein Elachkar who represented a cosmetic surgeon for a fake review posted on Rate MDs. The federal court awarded the surgeon over $450,000 in damages. Read the Judgement below:...
by 153 Phillip | Dec 16, 2021 | Latest News, News
On 14 December 2021, the Supreme Court of NSW delivered judgment and made a number of declarations vindicating the rights of CPC Patent Technologies Pty Ltd in relation to a suite of biometric security patents. The patents are used in a range of common applications...