Courts
Linda Reynolds’ defamation case against David Sharaz gets trial date
Justice Marcus Solomon said he was setting the trial dates far in advance to avoid “skirmishes” between the two parties from developing “a life of their own”.
- by Holly Thompson and Jesinta Burton
Latest
Costly trip to Coles for Troy Mercanti as he fronts court with pointed political message
The bikie was found to have repeatedly breached the conditions of a post-prison order which banned him from associating with other gang members.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Brittany Higgins attacks conduct of police who investigated Bruce Lehrmann
Higgins reignited a range of accusations against the behaviour of detectives, including making a folder of “unfounded claims” to discredit her.
- by Angus Thompson
Drumgold can’t practise as ACT barrister after resignation
The prosecutor in the Bruce Lehrmann case would have to apply to practise as an ACT barrister after his resignation as the territory’s DPP takes effect.
- by Angus Thompson
Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting savages Lang’s ‘bombshell’ letter
Hancock Prospecting’s lawyer rubbished his opponents’ characterisation of Lang Hancock’s letter to his daughter, insisting it was of “peripheral relevance”.
- by Jesinta Burton
Judge tosses Trump’s defamation suit against writer E Jean Carroll
The ruling shuts down, at least for now, Trump’s effort to turn the legal tables on E. Jean Carroll, who won a sexual abuse judgment against him in May.
- by Jennifer Peltz
Analysis
Lehrmann trial
The wrecking ball of the Lehrmann-Higgins case keeps swinging
It’s the case that wrecks the lives of everyone it touches and spawns a seemingly never-ending cascade of legal action.
- by Jacqueline Maley
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Lehrmann trial
Drumgold and Sofronoff face investigation in Lehrmann inquiry fallout
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr and Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury have foreshadowed further investigations into the territory’s top prosecutor, Shane Drumgold, and inquiry chair Walter Sofronoff.
- by Angus Thompson and Natassia Chrysanthos
‘He made me feel like a piece of meat’: FIFO rapist jailed for five years
Ryan Zabaznow, 38, was found guilty of raping a colleague at a Pilbara mine site in 2020 in a case that sparked a parliamentary inquiry into sexual assaults at mine sites.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
ACT top prosecutor Shane Drumgold hits back against inquiry after resignation
He has accused the head of the inquiry into the Bruce Lehrmann rape case of denying him procedural fairness, and has disputed many of the probe’s findings after his resigning from his high-profile role last week.
- by Angus Thompson
After Trump appears to vow revenge, prosecutors seek protective order
The US prosecutors pointed to a post on Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform in which he wrote, in all capital letters, “If you go after me, I’m coming after you!”
- by Alanna Durkin Richer