Top barrister unleashes on Lehrmann chaos
In a very long article it includes:
Finally, Mr Watson took aim at the country’s defamation laws, arguing Lehrmann’s case against Ten was “never worth more” than $20,000
“He was suing The Project, he was not named. Only a very limited number of people would have known the name of the person involved, until he was charged, and surely then that overwhelms any defamatory effect of the original publication.
“So it was only a few months, to a few people. That was only ever worth $20,000.
“Why has our system got a case like that running for several weeks, absorbing court time, judge time, public money, $4m in legal costs, over a $20,000 case. The whole thing is absurd. Defamation law has gone completely wrong.”