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Australia: A win for the press, a big loss for Ben Roberts-Smith, what does this judgment tell us about defamation law? – David Rolph

At the heart of the spectacular defamation trial brought by decorated Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith were two key questions. Had the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Canberra Times damaged his reputation when they published in 2018 a series of explosive stories accusing him of murder and other crimes while in Afghanistan?  And could the newspapers successfully defend their reporting as true? Continue reading

Case Law, Prismall v Google UK Ltd: Representative Action for Misuse of Private Information dismissed – Mariyam Kamil

Google Completes Integration of DeepMind Health | Silicon UK Tech NewsOn 19 May 2023, Mrs Justice Heather Williams handed down judgment in Prismall v Google UK Limited & Another [2023] EWHC 1169 (KB). She struck out the claim by Andrew Prismall, acting as a Representative Claimant on behalf of about 1.6 million people, and entered summary judgment for the Defendants, Google UK Limited and DeepMind Technologies Ltd. Continue reading

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