The Federal Court has released its reasons for dismissing Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation appeal around war crimes last Friday. The justices found the evidence was "sufficiently cogent to support ...

Disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has failed to overturn an emphatic defamation loss against Nine newspapers but will try again with the High Court, as the legal bill for his billionaire backer ...

Ben Roberts-Smith has lost his appeal in his defamation case against Nine Newspapers, in which he was ruled by a civil standard to be a war criminal. Mr Roberts-Smith lost his multimillion dollar ...

“Accordingly, the appeal must be dismissed with costs.” Ben Roberts-Smith has lost his appeal against his defamation suit loss. Picture: NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers. Roberts-Smith was not in ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The dismissal of Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation appeal was clinical in its execution. One by one, Federal Court Justice Nye Perram ...

Ben Roberts-Smith lost his appeal to overturn court findings implicating him in war crimes in Afghanistan. The Federal Court dismissed his appeal, citing sufficient evidence he murdered four ...

Lawyers will likely spend the coming days poring over the reasons Ben Robert-Smith's effort to overturn a defamation ruling failed. Mr Roberts-Smith will seek to challenge the decision in the High ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. After a seven-year defamation fight and tens of millions of dollars in legal costs, former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has failed in ...

The allegations against Ben Roberts-Smith were printed by three newspapers in 2018 - and in 2023, a judge concluded he had not been defamed. Mr Roberts-Smith appealed against this decision at the ...

Ben Roberts-Smith has failed to overturn findings that he likely engaged in war crimes while on deployment in Afghanistan. The Victoria Cross recipient sued Nine newspapers and journalists Nick ...