Days before mediation, Lachlan Murdoch’s lawyers have applied to update their statement of claim in his defamation case against Crikey owner Private Media.
Lachlan Murdoch’s legal team is trying to expand the scope and scale of its defamation case against Crikey publisher Private Media, applying to file a new statement of claim days before the case is set for mediation., is suing Private Media over an article that linked his family to the January 6 Capitol attacks in the US. Thearticle ran with the headline “Trump is a confirmed unhinged traitor.
He argued the article implied he “illegally conspired with Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 presidential election result” and that he “illegally conspired with Donald Trump to incite a mob with murderous intent to march on the Capitol”.The case is due to go to mediation this Wednesday but has been set down for a new hearing on Thursday, December 22, when Mr Murdoch’s legal team will put the new statement of claim before Justice Michael Wigney.
There’s no guarantee Justice Wigney will accept the new statement of claim, which threatens to delay theby months. The original claim was filed in late August and was due to go to a hearing over nine days in March next year.
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