Legal affairs reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald. Connoisseur of fine puns. She/her [email protected]
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Michaela Whitbourn retweeted
In one of her last judgments,
Judge Gibson grants an interlocutory injunction for, inter alia, invasion of privacy. I think this is the first published judgment under the new statutory tort for serious invasion of privacy. #auslaw #privacy caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/…
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High Court throws out Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation appeal bid #auslaw #defamation smh.com.au/national/high-cou…
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Sydney’s Hordern family, famed for retailing and infighting, back in court over will dispute #auslaw smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydn…
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I spoke to The Law Report about the public interest defence to defamation in Al Muderis v Nine #auslaw #defamation abc.net.au/listen/programs/l…
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I am about to go in for another endo surgery because it is once again crippling - the amount of times I have had to work from bed while vomiting into something because if I took every day off that I needed, I wouldn't work two weeks of every month. And I'm lucky comparatively
'We can't stay silent over endometriosis struggle' bbc.in/4k3Rzkd
Michaela Whitbourn retweeted
Why a multimillion-dollar legal boom is running out of steam #auslaw #defamation smh.com.au/national/nsw/why-…
I read every word and cried a bit too. Thank you Rick for being a top-drawer human who puts empathy at the centre of journalism - not ego.
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Michaela Whitbourn retweeted
The Sydney juror, the murder trial and the employer’s threats #auslaw #contempt smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-…
High Court Justice Jacqueline Gleeson is launching the second edition of defamation guru @dkrolph’s tome on defamation law (Rolph on Defamation) in Sydney tonight. “With the proliferation of internet technologies, almost all of us are publishers,” Gleeson J says.
Justice Gleeson says Rolph explains how the Federal Court of Australia has become “something of a magnet” for defamation litigation - a very pronounced trend nationally.
Michaela Whitbourn retweeted
I spoke to @MWhitbourn about the new privacy tort 👇🏻
Media exemptions could defang privacy law for royals, stars’ #auslaw #privacy smh.com.au/national/nsw/megh…
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Media exemptions could defang privacy law for royals, stars’ #auslaw #privacy smh.com.au/national/nsw/megh…
The kindness of strangers: a woman saw my dog looking rather proprietorially at her BBQ chicken as she left Woolies and promptly opened the bag and gave him a huge chunk.
Michaela Whitbourn retweeted
I am late to this but South Australia introduced its version of Stage 2 of the reforms to the national, uniform defamation laws in late August this year. As South Australia had flagged, not all the reforms made it to the bill. #auslaw #defamation legislation.sa.gov.au/__legi…
Michaela Whitbourn retweeted
In October, I will be appearing on a panel on the law of privacy, with Warby LJ, Professor Barbara McDonald and Tom Blackburn SC, chaired by Desmond Browne KC. Link here: academyoflaw.org.au/event-58… #auslaw #defamation
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How ‘squatter’s rights’ delivered a Sydney home to one man #auslaw smh.com.au/national/nsw/how-…
Did you know that your success in a defamation case could depend on where you live in Australia? That’s the reality of different laws across the country. I wade through it here. smh.com.au/national/nsw/how-…
#Breaking Jarryd Hayne will not face a fourth sexual assault trial: smh.com.au/national/australi…
