Lachlan Murdoch faces off with Crikey in defamation row

SYDNEY, Sept 23 — A high-stakes defamation battle between News Corp co-chairman Lachlan Murdoch and small Australian news outlet Crikey will go to trial beginning March 27 in Sydney.

Today, Murdoch's barrister — top defamation litigator Sue Chrysanthou — pushed in the preliminary hearing for the earliest possible trial date, arguing Crikey had been"directing ridicule and hatred" towards her client. "Lachlan Murdoch owns boats that are worth more than Crikey," Turnbull commented alongside his Aus$5,000 donation.The legal scuffle over the opinion piece burst into international headlines last month, when Crikey ran an advertisement inThe often pugilistic website said it welcomed the opportunity to"test this important issue of freedom of public interest journalism in a courtroom".

Crikey's defence, filed with the Federal Court Tuesday, denied it defamed Murdoch and flagged it would lean on two new defences created by the reforms. "I suppose the difficulty here is that defence is entirely untested. This will be a test case of that," Rolph said.In a statement issued Thursday, Crikey chief executive Will Hayward said his company was fighting the case because"there is an issue of fundamental public importance at stake".

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