The Sydney Morning Herald | Mark Latham's 'ill-considered' defamation defence takes a cut The Sydney Morning Herald Former Labor leader Mark Latham has "sensibly" cut dozens of pages from his written defence in a defamation battle with journalist Osman Faruqi, a Federal Court judge has said, and the case should now proceed swiftly to trial. In a widely-shared ... Latham beats bid for immediate legal costs in 'extraordinary, ill-considered' defamation defence Latham's defamation defence slashed |