Credit: Getty Images. This month’s Legal Advisor reviews a claim for defamation brought by a DNP against a physician. This case shows a lack of basic respect that health care practitioners should have ...

Defamation is the act of communicating false statements about a person that injures their reputation. Legal protections for a person’s reputation go back to common law and were well developed over the ...

This is the first in a series of three articles exploring the intersection of defamation claims and internet-based communication. This article sets the groundwork by explaining the fundamental types ...

This piece is the second in a series on Australia’s defamation laws. You can read the first article here. Over recent years, forces like the #MeToo movement have shone a light on how Australia’s ...