Michaela Whitbourn

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/199a3…

High Court throws out Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation appeal bid #auslaw #defamation smh.com.au/national/high-…

Sydney’s Hordern family, famed for retailing and infighting, back in court over will dispute #auslaw smh.com.au/national/nsw/s…

I spoke to The Law Report about the public interest defence to defamation in Al Muderis v Nine #auslaw #defamation abc.net.au/listen/program…

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

@katywatson Australian barristerial English bowls up some oddities even for the locals!

@MWhitbourn Ha that one I’ve heard of. I love that I’m still learning English while in Australia 😆

I heard ‘in short compass’ for the first time in court today 🤯 interested to know if it’s another Australianism!

Why a multimillion-dollar legal boom is running out of steam #auslaw #defamation smh.com.au/national/nsw/w…

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.

The Sydney juror, the murder trial and the employer’s threats #auslaw #contempt smh.com.au/national/nsw/t…

Rolph quips that defamation has been a “disturbing personal obsession of mine since the 1990s”.

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.

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.

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/m…

@simplebutgood Yes! The name tag harnesses are quite popular. He gets greeted by name a lot!

@MWhitbourn Monte has a custom vest? Cute.

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.

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/__legislation/…

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-5845442 #auslaw #defamation

How ‘squatter’s rights’ delivered a Sydney home to one man #auslaw smh.com.au/national/nsw/h…