Financial backers of Ben Roberts-Smith's failed defamation action have been given further time to respond to subpoenas, as the disgraced soldier appeals the court's judgment.
The matter returned to the Federal Court on Friday after Justice Anthony Besanko dismissed Mr Roberts-Smith's lawsuits in June, finding reports in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times alleging he engaged in war crimes while deployed with the SAS in Afghanistan were substantially true.
