It was unreasonable for The Australian Financial Review to reject an offer to settle Elaine Stead’s defamation case for $190,000 plus costs,a Federal Court judge has ruled.
Dr Stead,a businesswoman,was referred to as a “feminist cretin” in one of a series of columns which a judge found amounted to bullying.
The barrister acting for venture capitalist Elaine Stead said The Australian Financial Review should be paying damages"at the top of the range".
Private messages were read in the Federal Court on Tuesday in the defamation fight between Rear Window columnist Joe Aston and venture capitalist Elaine Stead.
The Financial Review’s Rear Window columnist Joe Aston gave evidence in the Federal Court on Monday and agreed he was fearless in his use of language.
The barrister acting for the newspaper in its defamation battle with venture capitalist Elaine Stead says the columns do not convey the defamatory claims she alleges.
Elaine Stead said the presence of highly critical columns about her online made it difficult for her to rebuild her career.
Venture capitalist Elaine Stead is suing the newspaper for defamation over two columns,including one branding her a"feminist cretin".
The barrister for venture capitalist Elaine Stead alleged the newspaper and its high-profile columnist Joe Aston targeted her because she is a woman and she should receive"huge"damages.
New York-based former Blue Sky employee Tim Meyer says he was sacked after he reported the since collapsed fund manager's"unethical business practices".
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