Ben Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications and related matters (the Appeal)

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Updated: 30 May 2025

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There are three related matters:

The Court treated documents filed in NSD 689 of 2023 as applicable in the appeals numbered NSD 690 and 691 of 2023.

Appeal from:

Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited (No 41) [2023] FCA 555 
Judgment | Online file

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This online file is sorted by document date.

Date of document Date published to website Document title Submitted by
16 May 2025 16 May 2025 Judgment [2025] FCA 499 -
16 May 2025 30 May 2025 Executive Summary of [2025] FCAFC 67 (PDF, 131.5 KB) -
16 May 2025 30 May 2025 Orders of Perram, Katzmann and Kennett JJ (PDF, 159.9 KB) -
16 May 2025 30 May 2025 Orders of Perram, Katzmann and Kennett JJ (PDF, 151.0 KB) -
16 May 2025 30 May 2025 Orders of Perram, Katzmann and Kennett JJ (PDF, 146.8 KB) -
16 May 2025 16 May 2025 Judgment [2025] FCAFC 66 -
16 May 2025 16 May 2025 Judgment [2025] FCAFC 68 -
16 May 2025 20 May 2025 Judgment [2025] FCAFC 67 -
14 May 2025 30 May 2025 Orders of Perram J (PDF, 146.8 KB) -
09 May 2025 30 May 2025 Orders of Perram J (PDF, 156.9 KB) -
05 May 2025 30 May 2025 Orders of Perram, Katzmann and Kennett JJ (PDF, 153.1 KB) -
30 April 2025 30 May 2025 Interlocutory Application (PDF, 376.3 KB) Appellant
30 April 2025 30 May 2025 Orders of Perram J (PDF, 156.3 KB) -
30 April 2025 30 May 2025 Respondents’ Submissions on the Issue of Waiver of Privilege Over 14 March 2021 File Note (PDF, 511.6 KB) Respondents
30 April 2025 30 May 2025 Orders of Perram J (PDF, 147.3 KB) -
30 April 2025 30 May 2025 Respondents’ Objections to Evidence on Appellant’s Interlocutory Application and Proposed Amended Notice of Appeal (PDF, 411.6 KB) Respondents
30 April 2025 30 May 2025 Orders of Abraham J (PDF, 147.0 KB) -
30 April 2025 30 May 2025 Appellant’s Objections to the Respondents’ Evidence in Response to Interlocutory Application Filed 27 March 2025 (PDF, 497.2 KB) Appellant
30 April 2025 23 May 2025 Judgment [2025] FCA 504 -
30 April 2025 30 May 2025 Appellant’s Outline of Submissions in Relation to Respondents’ Application to Strike Out Amended Application (PDF, 541.3 KB) Appellant
30 April 2025 30 May 2025 Respondents’ Submissions on the Appellant’s Proposed Amended Interlocutory Application Dated 28 April 2025 (PDF, 647.2 KB) Respondents
30 April 2025 30 May 2025 Appellant’s Outline of Submissions in Reply in Relation to Waiver of Privilege Over 14 March 2021 Levitan File Note (PDF, 461.2 KB) Appellant
29 April 2025 30 May 2025 Affidavit of Monica Allen on 28 April 2025 (PDF, 5.6 MB) Appellant
29 April 2025 30 May 2025 Interlocutory Application (PDF, 576.7 KB) Appellant
29 April 2025 30 May 2025 Second Affidavit of Beverley Ruth Newbold of 29 April 2025 (PDF, 641.9 KB) Respondents
29 April 2025 30 May 2025 Chronology of relevant events in proceeding nos. NSD 1485, 1486 and 1487 of 2018 (PDF, 628.9 KB) Respondents
29 April 2025 30 May 2025 Orders of Perram J (PDF, 146.7 KB) -
29 April 2025 30 May 2025 First Affidavit of Beverley Ruth Newbold of 29 April 2025 (PDF, 532.4 KB) Respondents
29 April 2025 30 May 2025 Interlocutory Application (PDF, 466.8 KB) Respondents
29 April 2025 30 May 2025 Appellant’s Supplementary Outline of Submissions in Relation to Application for Leave to Reopen Appeal (PDF, 558.0 KB) Appellant
29 April 2025 30 May 2025 Appellant’s Outline of Submissions in Relation to Waiver of Privilege Over 14 March 2021 Levitan File Note (PDF, 547.9 KB) Appellant
29 April 2025 30 May 2025 Respondents’ Submissions on Application to Reopen the Appeal (PDF, 614.4 KB) Respondents
29 April 2025 30 May 2025 Exhibit BRN-1 to the First Affidavit of Beverly Ruth Newbold of 29 April 2025 (PDF, 6.2 MB) Respondents
28 April 2025 30 May 2025 Subpoena to Give Evidence - Person 17 (PDF, 430.8 KB) Appellant
28 April 2025 30 May 2025 Subpoena Request (PDF, 712.6 KB) Appellant
28 April 2025 30 May 2025 Attachment to Subpoena Request No. 2 (PDF, 42.6 KB) Appellant
28 April 2025 30 May 2025 Appellant’s Outline of Submissions in Relation to Subpoenas to Give Evidence (PDF, 473.5 KB) Appellant
28 April 2025 30 May 2025 Attachment to Subpoena Request No. 1 (PDF, 188.2 KB) Appellant
26 April 2025 30 May 2025 Submissions of Mr Bartlett on his Application to Set Aside Subpoena (PDF, 664.1 KB) Peter Bartlett
24 April 2025 30 May 2025 Appellant’s Outline of Submissions in Relation to Application for Leave to Reopen Appeal (PDF, 579.7 KB) Appellant
24 April 2025 30 May 2025 Interlocutory Application (PDF, 530.1 KB) Peter Bartlett
24 April 2025 30 May 2025 Orders of Perram J (PDF, 160.9 KB) -
24 April 2025 30 May 2025 Affidavit of Nicholas McKenzie of 24 April 2025 (PDF, 891.9 KB) Respondents
24 April 2025 30 May 2025 Affidavit of Nicholas McKenzie of 24 April 2025 (PDF, 891.9 KB) Respondents
24 April 2025 30 May 2025 Affidavit of Lucy Williams of 23 April 2025 (PDF, 4.2 MB) Peter Bartlett
24 April 2025 28 April 2025 Judgment [2025] FCA 414 -
23 April 2025 30 May 2025 Orders of Perram J (PDF, 154.2 KB) -
22 April 2025 30 May 2025 Interlocutory Application (PDF, 950.0 KB) Respondents
22 April 2025 30 May 2025 Exhibit JCB-1 to the Affidavit of James Beaton of 22 April 2025 (PDF, 6.9 MB) Respondents
20 April 2025 30 May 2025 Affidavit of James Beaton of 22 April 2025 (PDF, 6.0 MB) Respondents
17 April 2025 30 May 2025 Subpoena to Give Evidence - Dean Levitan (PDF, 431.1 KB) Appellant
17 April 2025 30 May 2025 Subpoena to Give Evidence - Peter Bartlett (PDF, 431.1 KB) Appellant
17 April 2025 30 May 2025 Subpoena to Produce Documents - Danielle Scott (PDF, 528.2 KB) Appellant
17 April 2025 30 May 2025 Subpoena to Produce Documents - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (PDF, 531.4 KB) Appellant
17 April 2025 30 May 2025 Subpoena to Produce Documents - Dean Levitan (PDF, 530.4 KB) Appellant
17 April 2025 30 May 2025 Subpoena to Produce Documents - Emma Roberts (PDF, 528.2 KB) Appellant
17 April 2025 30 May 2025 Subpoena to Produce Documents - Person 17 (PDF, 528.6 KB) Appellant
17 April 2025 30 May 2025 Subpoena to Produce Documents - Peter Bartlett (PDF, 530.4 KB) Appellant
14 April 2025 30 May 2025 Affidavit of Nicholas McKenzie of 14 April 2025 (PDF, 1.4 MB) Respondents
14 April 2025 30 May 2025 Confidential Exhibit NM-2 to the Affidavit of Nicholas McKenzie of 14 April 2025 (PDF, 4.2 MB) Respondents
02 April 2025 30 May 2025 Orders of Perram J (PDF, 149.8 KB) -
02 April 2025 02 April 2025 Orders -
30 March 2025 31 March 2025 Affidavit of Monica Helen Allen dated 30 March 2025 (PDF, 1.4 MB) Appellant
27 March 2025 30 May 2025 Affidavit of Monica Allen of 27 March 2025 (Replaced) (PDF, 571.1 KB) Appellant
27 March 2025 31 March 2025 Interlocutory Application (PDF, 569.7 KB) Appellant
08 December 2023 05 March 2024 Appellant's open court reply submissions (PDF, 672.3 KB) Appellant
28 November 2023 28 November 2023 Judgment [2023] FCA 1474 -
17 November 2023 05 March 2024 Respondent's open court submissions (PDF, 1.7 MB) Respondents
06 October 2023 05 March 2024 Appellant's open court submissions (PDF, 853.9 KB) Appellant
13 July 2023 11 July 2023 Notice of Appeal (PDF, 320.9 KB) Appellant
01 June 2023 30 May 2025 Judgment [2023] FCA 555 -
01 June 2023 30 May 2025 Summary for [2023] FCA 555 -

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