The battle over costs in Ben Roberts-Smith’s multimillion-dollar failed defamation case continues despite media mogul Kerry Stokes agreeing to pay the legal costs of the embattled soldier’s opponents. Mr Stokes, the owner of Seven West Media, made the decision to pay the costs, with an order made during a surpriseContinue Reading
Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes has agreed to pay the legal costs of Ben Roberts-Smith’s opponents in his multimillion-dollar failed defamation trial. The move stops the Federal Court from gaining access to thousands of documents and personal emails showing the level of involvement of Mr Roberts-Smith’s financial supporters inContinue Reading
Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes has agreed to pay the legal costs of Ben Roberts-Smith’s opponents in his multimillion-dollar failed defamation trial. The move stops the Federal Court from gaining access to thousands of documents and personal emails showing the level of involvement of Mr Roberts-Smith’s financial supporters inContinue Reading
Ben Roberts-Smith’s financial supporters at the Seven Network, including billionaire Kerry Stokes, will have to hand over thousands of documents, including personal emails, showing their level of involvement in the soldier’s failed defamation trial. In July, Federal Court Justice Anthony Besanko ruled some of the imputations against Mr Roberts-Smith putContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese has declared Australia’s international standing remains “extraordinarily strong” after a court found three newspapers proved one of the country’s most decorated military heroes was a war criminal. Ben Roberts-Smith’s highly publicised defamation case against Nine newspapers was dismissed by Federal Court Justice Anthony Besanko on Thursday after heContinue Reading
The head of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment Association has brushed off any suggestion Ben Roberts-Smith should hand back his Victoria Cross after losing his marathon defamation case. Martin Hamilton-Smith played down the outcome of Thursday’s Federal Court ruling when he was asked if Australia’s most decorated living soldierContinue Reading