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The Guardian - AU
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Elias Visontay

Clementine Ford wins defamation suit against Sydney Morning Herald and Age

On Tuesday the federal court entered a judgment in favour of Clementine Ford (pictured) in the proceedings she launched against the former Fairfax newspapers and Tory Maguire, the executive editor.
On Tuesday the federal court entered a judgment in favour of Clementine Ford (pictured) in the proceedings she launched against the former Fairfax newspapers and Tory Maguire, the executive editor. Photograph: Sarah Enticnap

The Sydney Morning Herald and the Age newspapers will pay former columnist Clementine Ford roughly $60,000, after defamation proceedings over comments from the mastheads’ executive editor.

On Tuesday, the federal court entered a judgment in favour of Ford in the proceedings she launched against the former Fairfax newspapers now owned by Nine, and Tory Maguire, the executive editor, with the order that Ford be paid $39,000 – an amount the parties had agreed to by compromise.

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