Nick Di Girolamo drops defamation case against Fairfax Media
Louise Hall Lawyer and businessman Nicholas "Nick" Di Girolamo has dropped his case against Fairfax Media for defamation.
Journalist says he didn't intend readers to think Nick Di Girolamo's board appointment was because of donation
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Louise Hall The Herald's state political editor Sean Nicholls has told a defamation trial he did not intend readers to think that Nick Di Girolamo was appointed to a government board because his company donated...
Di Girolamo entered into sham agreement with Obeid family, court hears
![Nick Di Girolamo leaving court on Monday.](http://web.archive.org./web/20160521184711im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2016/05/18/7426704/Thumbnail1009342697gow3hhimage.related.thumbnail.320x214.goxpt5.png1463543950644.jpg-90x60.jpg)
Louise Hall Nicholas "Nick" Di Girolamo entered into a "sham" agreement with the Obeid family to hide the family's interest in Australian Water Holdings to quarantine the water services company from the...
Fairfax defence opens in Nick Di Girolamo defamation case
![Nick Di Girolamo outside the Supreme Court.](http://web.archive.org./web/20160521184711im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2016/05/17/7424658/Thumbnail1009313203gow218image.related.thumbnail.320x214.gox31v.png1463544239862.jpg-90x60.jpg)
Louise Hall Fairfax Media says a series of articles about Nick Di Girolamo that examined his role in the company Australian Water Holdings, the redevelopment of Balmain Leagues Clubs' Rozelle...
Businessman Nick Di Girolamo claims reputation destroyed by Herald articles
![Nick Di Girolamo outside the Supreme Court.](http://web.archive.org./web/20160521184711im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2016/05/16/7421295/Thumbnail1009256312gow218image.related.thumbnail.320x214.govv5k.png1463458045903.jpg-90x60.jpg)
Louise Hall A lawyer and businessman with links to the Liberal Party and the Obeid family is suing Fairfax Media for defamation over a series of articles that examined his role in the company Australian Water...
Battle over author Colleen McCullough's estate takes a twist
![Author Colleen McCullough's estate has become the subject of a legal battle between her widower and a US university.](http://web.archive.org./web/20160521184711im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2016/05/14/7418281/Thumbnail1009149569132nv6image.related.thumbnail.320x214.gotksh.png1463226855323.jpg-90x60.jpg)
Louise Hall The fight over the estate of best-selling Australian author Colleen McCullough has taken another twist with her widower Ric Robinson arguing a will she made a decade ago could be the valid one.
Randwick rugby club doctor sued over misdiagnosis that left man in coma
![Dr Paul Raftos is being sued by Steven Iacovone following the doctor's misdiagnosis of a heart attack.](http://web.archive.org./web/20160521184711im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2016/05/14/7418091/Thumbnail1009095067goupe8image.related.thumbnail.320x214.goseqj.png1463364700369.jpg-90x60.jpg)
Louise Hall Randwick Rugby Club's doctor is being sued for hundreds of thousands of dollars by a patient who was misdiagnosed as having an panic attack when he was in fact having a major heart attack.
Farmer Ian Turnbull mentally ill when he shot environmental officer Glen Turner: court
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Louise Hall Elderly farmer Ian Turnbull had lost capacity for self-control and couldn't tell right from wrong when he shot dead environmental officer Glen Turner, a court has heard.
Conman Peter Foster fined and banned over weight loss scam SensaSlim
Louise Hall The notorious conman Peter Foster, the "puppeteer" behind weight loss scam SensaSlim, has been fined $660,000 and permanently banned from being a company director or having any business in the...
Adeel Khan denies responsibility for Rozelle fire deaths; blames armed robbers
![Shopkeeper Adeel Khan, who is charged with three counts of murder over the explosion in Rozelle.](http://web.archive.org./web/20160521184711im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2016/05/10/7408759/Thumbnail100900269512z17timage.related.thumbnail.320x214.goqfgn.png1462887321623.jpg-90x60.jpg)
Louise Hall Adeel Khan "categorically" denies he is responsible for the explosion and fire in his Rozelle convenience store that killed three people, saying he was robbed and tied up by three armed men.
Farmer Ian Turnbull accused of murdering environmental officer Glen Turner a champion: court
Louise Hall A farm worker who alerted accused murderer Ian Turnbull to the presence of environmental officer Glen Turner on his property says he considers the farmer to be a "champion" and still holds him in the...
Paul Mulvihill appeals against conviction and sentence for murder of Rachelle Yeo
![Paul Mulvihill, pictured with his former barrister Kate Traill, is appealing against his conviction and sentence for the murder of his former lover Rachelle Yeo.](http://web.archive.org./web/20160521184711im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2016/05/04/7393479/Thumbnail1008783605gj04cbimage.related.thumbnail.320x214.golqet.png1462333870971.jpg-90x60.jpg)
Louise Hall Former rugby player Paul Darren Mulvihill is appealing his conviction for the stabbing murder of his ex-lover Rachelle Yeo.
Herbalist declared risk to public after claiming his remedies would cure cancer
![Banned from practising: Medical herbalist Ian Pile.](http://web.archive.org./web/20160521184711im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2016/05/04/7392931/Thumbnail1008669459gojaaoimage.related.thumbnail.320x214.gojac3.png1462333386954.jpg-90x60.jpg)
Louise Hall A medical herbalist has been declared a risk to public safety after he convinced a terminally ill patient his expensive herbs would "cure" her cancer "in a couple of weeks".
Teen jailed for murder of innocent bystander Edward Spowart acquitted after prosecution bungle
![Innocent bystander: Edward Spowart was killed at Granville on April 21, 2008.](http://web.archive.org./web/20160521184711im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2016/04/29/7384277/Thumbnail1008630274goihijimage.related.thumbnail.320x214.goig3m.png1462061966804.jpg-90x60.jpg)
Louise Hall A Sudanese refugee who was convicted of the stabbing murder of an innocent bystander following a fight between two groups in Sydney's west has been acquitted after spending more than six years behind...
Slain environment officer Glen Turner did not dislike Turnbull family: Robert Strange
Louise Hall Slain environment officer Glen Turner did not have "very strong views" about his killer Ian Turnbull or his farmer sons and grandson, a colleague says.
Robert Strange tells how Glen Turner pleaded to get him medical help
![Accused: Ian Robert Turnbull.](http://web.archive.org./web/20160521184711im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2016/04/28/7380313/Thumbnail1008560333gog72zimage.related.thumbnail.320x214.gogy4t.png1461854901506.jpg-90x60.jpg)
Louise Hall The colleague of slain environment officer Glen Turner has told how he pleaded in vain with gunman Ian Turnbull to put down his gun and let him seek medical help.
Notorious paedophile priest Vincent Gerard Ryan pleads guilty on eve of trial
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Louise Hall Notorious paedophile priest Vincent Gerard Ryan has pleaded guilty to a string of historical child sex offences in the Hunter region on the eve of his trial.
First PNG doctor to qualify in Australia struck off over indecent assault of patient
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Louise Hall The first Papua-New Guinea national to graduate from an Australian medical school has been struck off for two years after pleading guilty to indecently assaulting a female patient at a regional...
Class action against against Scenic Tours over European river cruises
![David Moore and Janette Howell are leading a class action against Scenic Tours.](http://web.archive.org./web/20160521184711im_/http://images.smh.com.au/2016/04/26/7374190/Thumbnail10084685021mew59image.related.thumbnail.320x214.goez9y.png1461651650860.jpg-90x60.jpg)
Louise Hall More than 1260 unhappy passengers who paid for a luxury European river cruise say what they got was more akin to a "backpackers' Contiki tour" and are demanding compensation.
Police release photo of Stephen Boyd to aid Bundeena manhunt
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Louise Hall Police have released an image of Stephen Boyd, who is wanted for questioning in relation to the bashing death of his partner Tina Kontozis in Bundeena on Sunday afternoon.