Judge strikes out Mark Latham's defence to Osman Faruqi's defamation suit
Friday, 31 August 2018
IFederal Court Judge Wigney's Judgement on Mark Latham's defence after Osman Faruqi sued for defamation is devastating. I've published in full below.
Latham says he'll appeal - I've no idea what he means by that. Does he want the defence to stand as it is? The Judge has given him until 28 September to file a new defence to the allegation made by Faruqi - if I was Latham I'd be taking the Judge up on his offer.
Judgement on Mark Latham's defence after Osman Faruqi sued him for defamation by Michael Smith on Scribd
I've no experience of being sued for defamation but by looking at the court file on Faruqi's claim it's a painful and torturous process.
Faruqi lodged his claim on 17 October last year. Latham's defence was finally lodged about a month later. It's taken the Judge until now to deliver his judgement.
Latham is up against Faruqi backed by his Greens/ABC/Lefty Media mates and the Labor law firm Maurice Blackburn. Labor figures will be taking great delight in Latham's discomfort.
UPDATE
Who'd have expected this?
— Gab/AntiLeft (@AntiLeft2701) August 30, 2018
28 AUGUST 2013 UPDATE: Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC has announced the appointment of Michael Wigney SC to the Federal Court. He will work at the court's Sydney registry from next month.