The Daily Telegraph has abandoned its claim that the conduct of the judge at Geoffrey Rush's successful defamation trial 'give rise to an apprehension of bias' in favour of the actor. Nationwide had contended Justice Wigney - orally and in written judgments - made 'repeated references' to the Daily Telegraph, Moran and the publications in derogatory terms. The judge found she was not a reliable witness, giving one example of her speaking positively about Rush at a press conference despite her claims about him. 'She was an emerging actor acting with Geoffrey Rush, the famous actor. He cited the case of international cricketer Chris Gayle who was awarded $300,000 in his defamation lawsuit which had involved a lot more publications.

Source: Daily Mail November 04, 2019 22:27 UTC