Issue No 103 | 20 July 2001 | |
SatireMarsden Now to Sue HimselfExtracted from The Chaser
Sydney solicitor John Marsden is suing himself for defamation, claiming the recent libel case he brought did irreparable damage to his reputation.
Marsden yesterday described his defamation action against Channel 7 as "grossly defamatory." He said his reputation had been completely shattered by his decision to go to court. "No one's done more to tarnish my name than I have," said the former Law Society Chairman. "My reputation was pretty much fine until my litigious attempts to restore it." The lawyer said he should have realised that nobody ever watched Witness, and that nobody was remotely aware of its allegations until he challenged them in court. He said he had blatantly defamed himself by discussing the tawdry details of his homosexual promiscuity, his marijuana addiction and his penchant for donkeys. An aggrieved Mr Marsden yesterday served himself with a writ, seeking damages in excess of $1 million dollars as well as his own costs. He's also seeking compensation from himself for the millions of dollars he squandered on the unnecessary and humiliating trial. In the writ he also said that he hoped he now knew better than to ever serve a writ again.
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Interview: Political Witch Hunt CFMEU national secretary John Sutton on the mooted Royal Commission and what is really needed to clean up the building industry E-Change: 1.3 The Nation State in Crisis In the latest instalment in their study on the new politics, Peter Lewis and Michael Gadiel looks at the rise and fall of the institutional State. Unions: Industrial Violence Rowan Cahill agrees with Tony Abbott that thuggery and violence are part of Australian industrial relations landscape - but it's the bosses who do most of the bashing. History: Total Recoil Neal Towart looks at how Royal Commissions designed to kick unions have typically come back to haunt their architects. International: Behind the Eight Ball Jubilee Australia's Thea Ormond looks at the international activity being generated around this week's Group of Eight Summit in Genoa Politics: Now We The People A new group believes there is an alternative to corporate gobalism and economic rationalism Satire: Marsden Now to Sue Himself Sydney solicitor John Marsden is suing himself for defamation, claiming the recent libel case he brought did irreparable damage to his reputation. Review: In The House Resident Four-Eyes Mark Morey attempts the impossible with this attempt at a serious analysis of Big Brother.
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