# @peterschiff on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz8wIP_MWoV
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/10024829-peterschiff-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/e993e81311.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-11-22T13:01:34.000+00:00

## Caption

Today I won my #defamation case against Nine, The Age, Nick McKenzie, Charlotte Grieve and Joel Tozer.

Justice Jackman of the Federal Court of #Australia entered #judgment in the sum of $550,000 against each of them in my favour, which is in excess of the statutory cap for #damages for #defamation. 

This #victory is a mark of the appalling conduct I suffered at the hands of these #publishers. I’m grateful to the Federal #Court of Australia for its efficiency and expertise which has led to this result.

I was in the fortunate position of having the means to hold these powerful #media entities and their "#journalists" to account, but in order to get to this point I had to win seven judgments over two years, in which the Court agreed I had been seriously defamed and there were no arguable defences. 

The respondents’ unreasonable resistance at every step of this #litigation and loss of these seven judgments caused unnecessary delays and costs and aggravated my harm. The Court described the respondents’ litigation conduct as ‘egregious’ and ‘disarming’. The Court also ordered Nine and The Age pay my costs on an indemnity basis for the past 23 months of unnecessary litigation.

I will continue to work to #expose this #injustice and to hold the media to account for their extremely damaging and irresponsible falsehoods. Today's victory is just the first #legal step in my journey. It's not the end of the process, just the beginning.

It was completely irresponsible to publicise any #investigation in the pre-charge stage. There is good reason authorities don’t announce investigations into suspects until charges are laid. No charges have ever been laid against me or my #bank, but I have to live with the extreme damage caused by these "journalists" irresponsible decision to prematurely publish an investigation which concluded without charges. Worse still, they decided to broadcast that I was guilty of offences for which I have never been charged. 

It is #disgraceful that the "journalists" decided to do so when their own investigation and discussions with staff and customers revealed the bank had extremely strict #compliance.

## Stats

- **Views:** 0
- **Likes:** 3,451
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 149

## Tags

litigation, expose, australia, injustice, disgraceful, compliance, journalists, defamation, publishers, court, bank, legal, media, judgment, damages, investigation, victory

---
Copyright (c) Gondola