Overview

• Roberts-Smith's legal team argues that a miscarriage of justice occurred due to journalist Nick McKenzie's alleged use of privileged information before the 2023 defamation trial.
• Subpoenas have been issued to Nine's lawyers, Peter Bartlett and Dean Levitan, to compel oral evidence on McKenzie's knowledge of the allegedly privileged material.
• Bartlett and Levitan have moved to set aside the subpoenas, with their counsel calling the demands an abuse of process serving no proper forensic purpose.
• The Full Court of the Federal Court will hear Roberts-Smith’s application to reopen the appeal in a two-day hearing starting May 1, 2025.
• Newly surfaced recordings reveal McKenzie admitting to receiving and utilizing privileged legal strategy information, allegedly provided by Roberts-Smith's ex-wife and her friend.