Analysis
Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer, Mark O’Brien, is on a losing streak
Losses in high-profile cases have experts wondering if Sydney’s client-friendly defamation culture is changing.
Aaron PatrickSenior correspondentAround legal circles, Mark O’Brien is known as much for combative letter writing as his clients’ notoriety. Recently, those clients have received an unpleasant lesson: defamation lawsuits can destroy tarnished reputations rather than restore them.
Last week, Nine Entertainment Co’s legal department received a $1.2 million cheque from performer Craig McLachlan, who unsuccessfully sued the newspaper publisher, and the ABC, for accusing him of sexual impropriety.
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