Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation case – first filed in 2018 – has borne delays for Covid and national security concerns, been rearranged because of the fall of Kabul, and now, in its final days of evidence, has been further stalled by a change of government and witnesses who can’t be found.
The nearly year-long trial, has only two witnesses left to appear – both subpoenaed by Roberts-Smith: two serving SAS members, anonymised as Person 27 and Person 81.
