Roberts-Smith case
Ben Roberts-Smith case LIVE updates: Major victory delivered to newspapers as former SAS soldier’s defamation case dismissed; some war crime, bullying allegations proven
Federal Court Justice Anthony Besanko was expected to deliver his decision in the decorated former soldier’s landmark defamation case at 2.15pm in Sydney.
- by Michaela Whitbourn and David Estcourt
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Defence
110 days, 41 witnesses and 15 key questions to answer: Why the Ben Roberts-Smith case matters
Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Victoria Cross and Medal of Gallantry winner Ben Roberts-Smith, has lost a landmark defamation case.
- by Michael Bachelard
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Ben Roberts-Smith
Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith committed war crimes
A Federal Court judge has found that the decorated war veteran murdered unarmed prisoners and bullied a colleague.
- by Michaela Whitbourn and Harriet Alexander
‘The biggest defamation case we’ve had’: Judgment day in Roberts-Smith case
Justice Anthony Besanko will deliver his decision at 2.15pm in Sydney on Thursday.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
‘The stakes are incredibly high’: Judge to rule on Roberts-Smith case
It is the multimillion-dollar defamation battle billed as a test of public interest journalism and a quasi war crimes investigation. The decision is imminent.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Opinion
Defamation
When a defamation action ‘isn’t worth the candle’
Recent defamation actions and rulings have raised questions whether these legal manoeuvres are worth the trouble.
- by Marina Olsen
Analysis
Defamation
Ben Roberts-Smith’s fate in the hands of one man
Has the evidence put before the judge in the Roberts-Smith case been enough to convince him the media outlets have cleared the high bar of proving a war hero guilty of murder?Â
- by Deborah Snow and Michaela Whitbourn
Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial ends after 110 days, millions in costs
Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation trial against three media outlets concluded on Wednesday after 110 days, 41 witnesses and more than $25 million in legal costs.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Ben Roberts-Smith’s former lover fabricated assault claim, court told
War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith’s former lover sought to destroy his reputation by concocting a domestic violence allegation when their affair ended, a court has heard.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
‘Bigger knolls at Bondi’: Ben Roberts-Smith barrister rejects cliff kick claim
Ben Roberts-Smith’s barrister has told his defamation case the war veteran did not kick an Afghan prisoner off a cliff and there was no cliff at the site.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Analysis
Ben Roberts-Smith
As the Roberts-Smith case nears its end, barrister returns to where he began: ‘Someone is lying.’
The two high-profile barristers for each side in the Roberts-Smith case have given the court starkly different takes on the evidence as they make their final pitches
- by Deborah Snow