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15/04/2024

Federal Court Justice Michael Lee has dismissed Bruce Lehrmann's defamation claim and finds him to be a ra**st on the balance of probabilities. For all those who attended my presentation last year on defamation in Bali for the Southern Solicitors Law Association, His Honour remarked that Mr Lehrmann indeed had mistakenly returned to the lion's den to retrieve his hat after the mistrial of the criminal proceedings in the ACT Supreme Court.

Federal Court Justice Michael Lee has handed down his decision in the former political staffer’s high-stakes defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson.

31/05/2023

This weeks Four Corners program is important but may be distressing viewing for survivors of institutional child s*x abuse. It appears that the saga continues despite the findings of the Royal Commission and the establishment of the National Redress Scheme:

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27/10/2022

It is newsworthy to see that the law appears to have caught up with Mr Nugara. It is very distressing to see that the victims of his activities may have lost over $9 million. This firm has advised some clients in relation to their civil rights as a result of these allegations and charges, and we will watch with keen interest as to how any criminal proceedings play out:

Former Brighton financial planner Terence Rio Rienzo Nugara was arrested this week after allegedly pilfering more than $9m from clients’ super funds.

25/10/2022

I have been acting for Mr Cameron Howe who recently lost a defamation case against a property developer in relation to third party posts that were posted on a FB community page that my client administered. He has been ordered to pay $205,000 in damages and will also face an adverse costs order. If you or anyone you know administers a FB page then special care needs to be taken under the present state of the law in relation to third party comments, and the risk that these comments may create.

While the law of defamation is currently under review and there are reform proposals being considered to address the situation that Mr Howe found himself in, it is important that at this time, any FB Administrator needs to take particular care in monitoring and if required removing third party comments that may be defamatory. If you have any questions please get in touch.

A property developer has won his defamation case against a local councillor over comments made by others on a Facebook forum.

08/10/2021

Have you or your company turned off public comments on your FB page? The impetus for change is growing in light of the Voller decision as some public FB pages turn off the ability for people to post comments:

It comes as Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein said he would ban comments on some of his Facebook posts due to a High Court ruling making media companies liable.

03/10/2021

While we are waiting on the County Court of Victoria to hand down its decision in a case involving the administrator of a community based page being sued for the third party comments published on the page by a property developer, the mood amongst some Administrators of these types of pages has definitely shifted following the High Court's recent decision in Voller.

It also raises the question as to whether individuals who are administrators of their own pages can be similarly liable as publishers for third party comments posts:

A High Court ruling means the administrators of community-run pages can be sued for what people write in the comments. What's the legal risk, who's willing to take it, and will the pages survive?

03/10/2021

If you run a community based or not-for-profit page and following the recent decision by the High Court of Australia in Voller v Fairfax Media and Ors are concerned about the risk of being sued for defamation resulting from comments posted by third parties, then please contact us for a free half-hour consultation as to your potential exposure under the law as a 'primary publisher':

21/09/2021

The Supreme Court of Victoria has handed down its first decision in a claim brought against the rogue financial planner Terence Rio Nugara and accountant Tracey Redman-Slater. We have acted for a number of clients in trying to seek remedies for the actions of Mr Nugara and Ms Redman Slater in the past. If you feel you have a case, please contact our office for a free initial consultation:

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21/04/2021

Are you running a business and have you made a claim under your business interruption insurance policy as a result of Covid-19?

Many insurance policies seek to exclude cover by way of references to “a quarantinable disease under the Quarantine Act 1908 and subsequent amendments”. However, the Quarantine Act was repealed in 2016 and replaced by the Biosecurity Act.

A recent test case heard by the NSW Court of Appeal in November 2020 has ruled that the Quarantine Act references in policies did not exclude the two claims in the test case. If your business has made a claim under such a policy and it has been rejected by an insurer, please contact us for advice and representation. The case has been appealed to the High Court of Australia, so watch this space

(a)   On the proper construction of the “Tourist Parks & Lifestyle Villages Insurance Policy” issued by the first plaintiff to the first, second, and third defendants for the cover period 28 February 2020 to 28 February 2021, COVID-19 is not a disease declared to be a quarantinable disease u...

21/04/2021

The law of defamation is complex and requires expert legal advice and representation. We are currently acting for a client in the County Court of Victoria who is being sued for third party posts to a hosted community Face Book page. If your require any legal assistance in relation to defamation or your rights under the law, please contact us.

The defamation case against a Kingston councillor is the latest in a string of cases about the liability of online administrators for posts by third parties.

10/12/2019

If you were a client of Mr Terence Rio Nugara or Skynet Financial Services and need to seek legal advice in relation to any property investments recommended by Mr Nugara, please contact william mulholland + co lawyers for a free one hour consultation. We are aware that a number of individuals may have invested money in property investments promoted by Mr Nugara and may need urgent legal assistance. For a confidential consultation please contact us now so that we can advise you of your legal rights and actions for recovery

A Skynet Financial Planner can assist you with your financial future in several ways. Such as identifying and setting retirement goals, creating strategies for investments and securities, developing a tax strategy and assessing your net worth. Put simply, after creating your financial plan, a planne...